Teck: Largest producer of steelmaking coal in Canada
Soil conservation is an important feature of Cardinal River Operations reclamation efforts
Completed 51-C6 pit reclamation, newly developed Sphinx Lake. 2010
Teck Resources Ltd. (Teck) is Canada’s largest producer of steelmaking coal, operating six coal mining operations in Western Canada. Teck’s Cardinal River Operations (CRO) is located primarily in the Subalpine Natural Subregion in the eastern slopes of Alberta. The area provides locally important habitat for ungulates such as bighorn sheep, elk and mule deer and large carnivores such as grizzly bear, wolf and cougar.
Soil conservation is a fundamental component of Cardinal River Operations reclamation programs. Soils handling evolved over CRO’s fifty plus year history of mining operations to the current state that is somewhat unique in western Canadian industrial mining operations.