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to 550 meters deep on Crown and private land, with the goal of better understanding the coal deposit and obtaining samples. This renewed attempt at coal development in the Rocky Mountains comes amid ongoing controversy and environmental concerns, with the project facing potential barriers due to increased public awareness and opposition to coal mining in the region. At least three groups, including ranchers and Corb Lund, have requested that the AER postpone hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains while the province's top court considers the legitimacy of Northback Holdings' applications. The requests stem from concerns that proceeding with hearings would be a waste of time and resources if the Court of Appeal rules against the regulator's decision to exempt Northback from the coal mining ban. The
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more common as Alberta phases out coal by the end of 2023. For the first time in decades, Alberta's electricity grid went without any input from the two remaining coal plants (Genesee 1 and 2) for several brief periods in early 2024, signaling the beginning of the end for coal power in the province. All of Alberta's coal-fired power plants will have closed or been converted to natural gas by the end of 2023, seven years ahead of the original 2030 phase-out schedule set in 2015.
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had received regulatory approval in 2014, construction did not get underway, because the global prices for thermal coal had dropped significantly. In March 2015, Coalspur Mining Ltd spokesman said that the company had struggled to "raise the $ 445 million in equity needed to build Vista". Coal analysts said in 2015, that with Chris Cline's "better-capitalized ownership" was a "positive development for Vista." The Vista Coal Project, began operations in 2019.
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The province of Alberta leases land for to a lease holder for the exclusive right mine coal for a minimum period of 15 years—leases are renewable. Since 2006, there have been "17 public offering of crown coal rights made". Surface mining on the eastern slopes had been protected by a decades old coal
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In late September 2023, Northback Holdings Corporation, formerly known as Benga Mining Limited, submitted three new applications to the AER for coal exploration and mining at Grassy Mountain, despite having a similar project rejected in 2021. The company is seeking permission to drill 46 boreholes up
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in 1982, when then owner Manalta Coal had submitted their application, and the approval had remained valid, it was stalled for many years. In 2011, the global price of thermal coal had reached a high of US$ 141 per tonne. But by 2015, it had decreased to US$ 66. While Bighorn Mining's Vista Coal Mine
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rescinded the 1976 Coal Policy and lifted the restrictions on coal mining exploration and development on 3 of the 4 categories of land based on environmental sensitivity. The UCP's new policy would only protect Category 1 land from coal mining exploration and development. Included in Category 2 which
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In early December 2020 Alberta Energy said that bids were closing on "nearly 2,000 hectares on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains" that had been made available for coal leases in May. New 2020 leases combined with existing leases represents "an almost unbroken swath for nearly 60 kilometres
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article, coal in Alberta had become a sunset industry as the province underwent a rapid transition from coal-fired power to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. In January 2023, solar power exceeded coal-fired power on the electricity grid for over 2 hours, a milestone that will become
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Coal formations in what is now the province of Alberta, originated approximately 140 and 65 million years ago. The collision between the two immense plates had pushed up the Rocky Mountains while depressing the North American continent's interior. New layers of growth crushed and buried layers of
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In July a draft framework for federal assessment of thermal coal projects says that downstream emissions should be considered as a factor in the assessment of a mining project's environmental impact. Previously, Canadian law and policies considered downstream emissions to be irrelevant, but this
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content and acceptable ash levels. In 2005, most of the coal from the WCSB was exported to Japan, Korea and other countries due to a lack of heavy industry in the region. Canada consumes only a limited amount of the WCSB bituminous coal. The lower rank coals are used mainly for electricity
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in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It would have a 25-year lifespan and its annual production capacity is estimated at 4.5 million tonnes of coal. Until July 2020, the area was protected as Category 2 land under the 1973 Coal Policy. Hearings begin in October 2020.
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In 2016, there was a dramatic increase in the price of metallurgical coal to over US$ 300/tonne. This was the first time the price of coal had reached this peak since 2011. Investors showed renewed interest in the bituminous metallurgical coal mining in Alberta.
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as the company's largest shareholder and president. They hired a coal mine engineer and coal miners from Nova Scotia and developed a number of mines near present-day Lethbridge. By 1885, the rapidly growing community of Coalbanks was officially renamed
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The royalty rate for coal produced from Crown-owned bituminous (mountain/foothills) coal leases, as defined under Alberta's Mines and Minerals Act's Coal Royalty Regulation—"based on a revenue minus costs royalty regime"—is one per cent of
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under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 placed a "limit of 420 tonnes of CO2 for each gigawatt-hour of electricity produced from coal per year" with a compliance deadline of 2030. The 2018 performance standard set out in the
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In December 2020, Edmonton-based Capital Power announced its shift to coal-free electricity would be sooner than anticipated. It will complete its conversion of "Genesee 1 and 2 power plants near Warburg, from coal to fossil gas by 2023".
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poisoning. They cite the case of the Elk River in British Columbia where watersheds downstream of coal mines have been poisoned by the highly toxic selenium released in the process of open pit coal-mining. In 2020, the United States
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watershed had reached a tipping point in terms of toxic selenium concentrations. The EVSTF and the STAC found that the concentrations of dissolved selenium emissions had a "deleterious" effect on fish populations, such as the
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peat, shale, and sandstone, compressing them into coal beds. The oldest coal deposits were pushed closer to the surface about 80 to 55 million years ago, forming part of the Rocky Mountains's foothills and Front Ranges.
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Nicholas Sheran, an entrepreneur from New York City, opened a mine there on the west bank of Oldman River in 1874—making it the first commercial coal mine in Alberta. Sheran operated the mine until his death in 1882.
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process, and at present there is no other alternative, metallurgical coal and steel are coupled in the demand chain. Alberta's metallurgical coal is exported to Asian countries—particularly Japan—for steelmaking.
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Review of Environment Canada's Teck Coal Environmental Assessment and Evaluation of Selenium Toxicology Tests on Westslope Cutthroat Trout on the Elk and Fording Rivers in Southeast British Columbia
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TransAlta announced that the Highvale mine would be closing in 2023, which is much earlier than the 2030 provincial deadline. The Highvale mine, which has been in operation since 1970, was the
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in 1897 and 1898. Coal was shipped by the CPR to Calgary, British Columbia, Winnipeg, and the northwestern United States. Other towns that formed at that time included Coaldale, Coalhurst, and
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In Alberta, the Crown owns 81% of the mineral rights. The rest are owned by individuals, companies or the federal government on behalf of First Nations. The provincial
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legal team that the provincial regulators had not consulted with them. Coalspur filed a lawsuit against the department of the environment, the Louis Bull Tribe, the
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and on potential industries such as ranching, agriculture, lumber, and mining, including petroleum and coal—whose development he encouraged. His 1884 publication
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restricted open-pit mines in most of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and Foothills through the Coal Development Policy. The last open pit coal mine in Alberta's
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In 2018, Alberta's coal production totalled approximately 20 million tonnes and accounted for $ 10 million in royalties for the province, according to
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The rich coal deposit developed by Galt and North Western Coal and Navigation Company, was one of the factors that resulted in the construction of the
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Mackay, B.R. 1949. Coal areas of Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada, Atlas to accompany estimate of coal reserves for the Royal Commission on Coal.
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two major factors contributed to the increase in coal mining activity−an increase in global coal prices and recent improvements in thermal coal.
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Coal mining flourished into the 20th century but by the 1970s the market for oil decreased. In 1979, Canmore Mines Ltd discontinued operations.
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Prior, G. J.; Hathaway, B.; Glombick, P.M.; Pana, D.I.; Banks, C.J.; Hay, D.C.; Schneider, C.L.; Grobe, M.; Elgr, R. & Weiss, J.A. (2013).
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policy that the UCP administration under Premier Kenney had rescinded in May, 2020. In May 2020, 8 leases were made to a single company.
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In the fiscal year 2019-2020 coal represented $ 11.8 million or 0.2% of Alberta's total non-renewable resource revenue of $ 5.9 billion.
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in the east. This wedge is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) thick under the Rocky Mountains, but thins to zero at its eastern margins.
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Coalspur planned on expanding Vista mines to increase production by about 50%, representing an increase to 18,683 tonnes per day.
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changed with the new framework which suggests that Canadian climate obligation extend beyond Canada's border. In July 2020,
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Coal royalty rates in Alberta are comparable to those in British Columbia but "significantly lower" than coal royalties in
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estimated that the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) contained 90% of Canada's usable coal resources, rank from
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Regulations Amending the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations
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In 2005, Alberta Energy reported that approximately 36% of the total estimated 71,000 megatonnes of usable coal was
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TransAlta Corp. said it will end operations at its Highvale thermal coal mine west of Edmonton by the end of 2021.
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The Canadian federal government sets national standards on emissions that affect the coal industry. The 2015
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of coal. Lignite, which is the most harmful coal to human health, is almost exclusively used as a fuel for
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In 2015, because of a "glut of both thermal and metallurgical coal", the global price of coal was low.
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The mine was shut down in May 2020 as global demand for coal decreased during Covid-19 pandemic.
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Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba
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Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I. (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (1994).
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Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity Regulations
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Coal mines closed in the Crowsnest Pass, Canmore, Nordegg, and Grande Cache, among others.
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In 2019, Bighorn Mining, an affiliate of Coalspur, began shipping coal to export markets.
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The mine, which provided over 200 well-paying jobs in Hanna, was set to close by 2030.
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announced the elimination of all coal-fired power stations in the province by 2030.
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Descriptive Sketch of the Physical Geography and Geology of the Dominion of Canada
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generation, where the existence of shallow coal seams with little overburden make
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The 51-year old mine ceased operations in June 2020. See also Coal in Alberta
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in Alberta's southwest corner". Not all leases result in productive mines.
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By 2020, coal-fired power stations in operation in Alberta included the
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in 1882, to exploit coal resources in what is now southern Alberta with
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are lands that are "moderately to highly environmentally sensitive" is
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Benga Mining, Northback, and Riversdale Resources are subsidiaries of
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Thermal coal Electricity: Keephills and Sundance generating stations
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In 1976, the Progressive Conservative government under then Premier
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underlies 1,400,000 square kilometres (540,000 sq mi) of
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Fletcher, Robson; Drew, Anderson; Omstead, Jordan (7 July 2020).
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Public Engagement Proposal for a Strategy, Plan and Program
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was "designed to phase out conventional coal by 2030."
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Coalspur Mining Ltd's Vista Coal Project, just east of
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became one of Western Canada's largest coal producers.
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Coal and Mineral Development in Alberta Year in Review
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on Canada's physiography, was the first of its kind.
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Edmonton, Alberta 2132:on 15 December 2018 1784:on 23 February 2013 1778:"Canmore's History" 974: 846: 687:Bighorn Mining Ltd. 493: 426:sub-bituminous coal 177:—Blackfoot and the 132:in the west to the 3120:Geology of Alberta 2901:. 15 November 2020 2867:The Alberta Worker 2723:. 30 November 2020 2172:on 8 February 2017 1963:Canadian Cattlemen 1926:"Phasing out coal" 1808:history.alberta.ca 1240:Coalspur Formation 1162:Ministry of Energy 972: 844: 825:mine mouth revenue 792:Blairmore, Alberta 754:Jonathan Wilkinson 739:Vista Coal Project 699:Vista Coal Project 491: 441:metallurgical coal 246:William Lethbridge 202:, working for the 26:Coalspur Formation 3110:Energy in Alberta 2469:. 14 January 2017 2391:. 8 December 2020 2373:. 10 August 2021. 2349:978-1-4601-4777-1 1904:978-1-4601-3203-6 1861:978-1-4601-2683-7 1567:Pembina Institute 1537:978-1-4601-4822-8 1131: 1130: 970: 969: 837:According to the 722:—who established 716:Kameron Colleries 696: 695: 642:, Parkland County 578:Small-scale sales 314:Livingstone Range 128:extends from the 98:sedimentary basin 65:Pembina Institute 3127: 3084: 3083: 3081: 3079: 3064: 3055: 3054: 3052: 3041: 3032: 3017: 3016: 3014: 3012: 2997: 2991: 2990: 2988: 2986: 2972: 2963: 2962: 2961: 2959: 2945: 2939: 2938: 2936: 2934: 2917: 2911: 2910: 2908: 2906: 2889: 2878: 2877: 2875: 2873: 2858: 2845: 2844: 2842: 2840: 2825: 2814: 2813: 2811: 2809: 2794: 2788: 2787: 2785: 2783: 2768: 2759: 2758: 2756: 2754: 2739: 2733: 2732: 2730: 2728: 2711: 2702: 2701: 2699: 2697: 2682: 2676: 2675: 2674: 2672: 2666: 2656: 2650: 2649: 2647: 2645: 2630: 2617: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2606:"Bighorn Mining" 2602: 2596: 2595: 2594: 2592: 2586: 2576: 2570: 2569: 2567: 2565: 2554: 2545: 2544: 2542: 2540: 2525: 2508: 2507: 2505: 2503: 2488: 2479: 2478: 2476: 2474: 2459: 2453: 2452: 2450: 2448: 2433: 2427: 2426: 2424: 2422: 2407: 2401: 2400: 2398: 2396: 2381: 2375: 2374: 2367: 2361: 2360: 2358: 2356: 2341: 2333: 2290: 2289: 2287: 2285: 2275:"Cardinal River" 2271: 2262: 2261: 2259: 2257: 2241: 2235: 2234: 2232: 2230: 2224: 2218:. 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According to 295:Electrical grid 170: 134:Canadian Shield 130:Rocky Mountains 116:, northeastern 108:, southwestern 80: 74: 61: 22:Coal in Alberta 17: 12: 11: 5: 3133: 3131: 3123: 3122: 3117: 3112: 3107: 3105:Coal in Canada 3102: 3092: 3091: 3086: 3085: 3056: 3018: 2992: 2964: 2953:Alberta Energy 2940: 2912: 2879: 2846: 2815: 2789: 2760: 2734: 2703: 2677: 2651: 2618: 2597: 2571: 2546: 2534:Financial Post 2509: 2480: 2454: 2428: 2402: 2389:Energy Central 2376: 2362: 2348: 2291: 2263: 2236: 2204: 2183: 2157: 2143: 2117: 2094: 2059: 2042: 2017: 2006:Kopp, Otto C. 1998: 1975: 1942: 1917: 1903: 1874: 1860: 1813: 1795: 1766: 1733: 1718: 1685: 1651: 1605: 1579: 1550: 1536: 1510: 1474: 1433: 1426: 1404: 1377: 1368: 1331: 1306:on 1 July 2016 1289: 1288: 1286: 1283: 1280: 1279: 1265: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1258: 1257: 1252: 1247: 1245:Coal in Canada 1242: 1235: 1232: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1157: 1154: 1150:Crowsnest Pass 1140: 1137: 1136: 1135: 1129: 1128: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1115: 1114: 1111: 1108: 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Index

Coalspur Formation
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Alberta
Wapiti River
North Saskatchewan River
Alberta Energy
Pembina Institute
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
International Journal of Coal Geology
lignite
semianthracite
sedimentary basin
Western Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
sedimentary rock
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Shield
bituminous
coking
sulfur
strip-mining
reclamation
environmental impact
Siksika —Blackfoot and the Kainai—Blood people
Lethbridge
Oldman River

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