A conveyor-related failure idles a major Canadian met coal producer.
Teck Resources reported a structural failure
of the plant feed conveyor belt at its
Elkview metallurgical coal mine in the Elk
Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Initial
estimates are that production at Elkview
Operations will be interrupted for 1-2
months as repairs are implemented. Teck
said it will reschedule planned plant maintenance
to take advantage of plant downtime,
and mine operations will focus on
pre-stripping during the outage. Assuming
a two-month suspension of plant operations,
Teck expects the impact on 2022
steelmaking coal production will be in the
range of 1.5 million metric tons (mt).
When also factoring in the impact
of the recent labor action at Westshore
Terminals, Teck said its third quarter
met coal sales are now expected to be
between 5.5 - 5.9 million mt versus the
previously announced guidance range of
5.8 - 6.2 million mt.
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