Line Creek Coal Mine

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Line Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sparwood, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Line Creek Coal Mine	Sparwood, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada	49.917, -114.776 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1981	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
4	4	2024	Surface	Open Pit	82	60*	800

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
35	2025	1144.8	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Elk Valley Resources [100.0%]	Glencore	Canada

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	3.7	3.8	3.95	3.17	4	3.4	–	4	–

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
4.667	387.361	2024	​	national government data

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
4.667	387.361	2024	​	national government data

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

Ownership Tree

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Background

Line Creek Mine is owned and operated by Teck Coal, located approximately 25 kilometres north of Sparwood in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Line Creek supplies steelmaking and thermal coal to a variety of international and domestic customers. The Line Creek property consists of 8,183 hectares, of which approximately 2,267 hectares are being mined or are scheduled for mining. The annual production capacities of the mine are approximately 4 million tons. At current production rates, Line Creek has an estimated remaining reserve life of approximately 12 years.

• Sponsor:Teck Coal
• Parent Company: Teck Resources
• Location: 25 kilometres north of Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada.
• GPS Coordinates: 49.917, -114.776 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4 million tonnes per annum
• Workforce Size: 490
• Mineable Reserves: 40.4 million tonnes (Proven and Probable Reserves, 2020)
• Mineable Reserves: 1174.9 million tonnes (Measured, Inferred, Indicated and Resources, 2020)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met and Thermal)
• Mine Size: 81.83 km2
• Mine Type: Surface, Opencast
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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