Quinsam Coal Mine
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Quinsam Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Quinsam Coal Mine | Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada[1] | 49.9307126, -125.4847719 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[2] | Care and Maintenance[2] | 1986[3] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.05[4] | – | Underground[3] | Bord and Pillar[3] | – | 494* | 66[1] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 47[2] | Comox | – | Thermal[4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| ERP Compliant Fuels[4] | – | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
Quinsam Coal Mine is an underground mine near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Due to a steep decline in thermal coal prices which made the mine uneconomic, the mine was mothballed in 2016.[5] While it reopened the following year, it was put on care and maintenance again in May 2019, and its operations currently remain suspended.[6] Quinsam Mine began operating in 1986 as an open-pit mine. Underground mining was added in 1993, and the following year, surface operations ceased making Quinsam an underground mine only.[7]
Canada's Hillsborough Resources Ltd. was the original owner and operator of the mine, but in 2009, Vitol Anker International acquired Hillsborough for $0.50 per share, becoming its new owner.[8] In 2017, the mine was sold to ERP Compliant Fuels LLC in 2017.[9]
The mine produced thermal coal for the cement industry.[5]
In 2016, Quinsam Mine was put on care and maintenance indefinitely due to "a prolonged and steep decline in thermal coal prices, changes in market demand and policy disincentives," which made the mine uneconomic.[5] After 20 months of suspension, operations resumed in October 2017.[9] However, shortly after, the mine was put on care and maintenance yet again and has remained temporarily closed ever since.[6]
- Operator: Quinsam Coal Corporation[9]
- Owner: ERP Compliant Fuels LLC[9]
- Location: Near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada
- Coordinates: 49.9307126, -125.4847719 (Approximate)
- Status: Mothballed
- Production: 0.05 million tonnes per annum (2017)[9]
- Total Resource: 47 million tonnes[6]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: (Thermal)
- Mine Type: Underground (previously surface and underground)
- Start Year: 1986[7]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240121000920/https://www.timescolonist.com/business/low-prices-shutter-islands-quinsam-coal-mine-4630945. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://miningdataonline.com/property/967/Quinsam-Mine.aspx.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20170901150148/http://hillsboroughresources.com/?page_id=16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 (PDF) https://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/publicationcatalogue/InformationCircular/BCGS_IC2018-02.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Andrew Duffy, "Low prices shutter Island’s Quinsam coal mine", The Times Colonist, 14 January 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Quinsam Mine", Mining Data Solutions, Accessed August 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Quinsam", Hillsborough Resources website, Archived from the original on 1 September 2017, Accessed August 2023.
- ↑ "MERGER: Hillsborough and Vitol execute agreement", Canadian Mining Journal, 8 November 2009.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 British Columbia Coal Industry Overview 2017, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, January 2018.
