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Observers worry a sale or spinoff of Teck Resources’ coal mines in B.C.’s Elk Valley could mean fewer resources for selenium pollution cleanup
Share New regulations are in the works for Canada's coal mines, but experts are concerned they won’t be strong enough to address the legacy of pollution from more than a century of coal mining in B.C.'s Elk Valley. Photo: Callum Gunn Teck Coal was ordered to pay a record $60 million fine this year for polluting waterways in the Elk Valley, but despite the penalty, contaminants continue to leach from piles of waste rock at the company’s mines — and the clock is ticking on new federal regulations that observers say are long overdue. “Leader...
ROB CHANEY As Teck Resources hopes to expand its mountaintop-removal coal mining in British Columbia, water quality monitors in Canada and the United States warn the companyâs existing mines already cause significant ecological damage. In 2019, the companyâs own research revealed that more than 90% of the cutthroat trout population had vanished in a 60-kilometer (37-mile) reach of the Upper Fording River near its mines around Sparwood, British Columbia. On March 26, Teck pleaded guilty to two counts of illegally discharging selenium and other pollutants into the watershe...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) â A Canadian coal company has paid a $60 million fine after pleading guilty in federal court involving pollution discharges blamed for killing most fish in nearby waters in Canada and harming fish downstream in Montana and Idaho. Investigators in Canada found Teck Resources Limited discharged hazardous amounts of selenium and calcite into the Fording River from two coal mines north of Eureka, Montana, the Missoulian reported Sunday. Investigators also said some selenium was connected to fish damage in Montana's Koocanusa Reservoir and the Kootenai River, resulting in...
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) - Canadian miner Teck Resources on Friday pleaded guilty to two charges of violation under the country’s Fisheries Act and said will pay a penalty of C$60 million. Teck Coal, a subsidiary of Teck Resources, resolved the charges relating to 2012 discharges of selenium and calcite to a mine settling pond and Fording River from its steelmaking coal operations in the Elk Valley region of British Columbia. “We sincerely apologize and take responsibility for the impacts of these discharges,” Chief Executive Officer Don Lindsay said. Lindsay also said the ...