British Columbia mines closing

摘要

Falling metallurgical coal prices have forced Walter Energy to idle its Wolverine and Brazion coal mines with the loss of 700 jobs in British Columbia. Mining operations have already ceased, but the company continues to operate preparation plants to complete processing of its existing inventory. "For 2013, coal production from Wolverine, which produces mid-volatile hard coking coal, was 1.6 Mt, while the Brazion mines produced approximately 1.9 Mt of low-vol PCI and 100,000t of hard coking coal. As of 31 December 2013, Walter Energy had approximately 1.1 Mt of coal in inventory in Canada," Walter Energy said.