The government of B.C. has issued an environmental assessment certificate to Teck Coal Limited for the Baldy Ridge extension project on September 20. The Baldy Ridge project is an extension of the current Teck Elkview operations open-pit coal mine. The project will mine approximately 153 million metric tonnes of clean coal and will extend the overall life of the Elkview mine by about 23 years, until 2045. “The Baldy Ridge expansion project is an important economic development for East Kootenay,” said Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett. “The jobs and business opportunities supported by Teck’s current Elkview operations will be sustained by work expansion to the extension project over the next three decades after the end of mining in the currently active areas.”
STAFF – Kootenay News Advertiser – Sep 21, 2016.
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