Koocanusa Exceeds Selenium Standard
- Jul
- 19
A new national regulatory standard for a pollutant called selenium sets forth criteria for how to manage aquatic life exposed to a mining contaminant currently spilling from the upstream waterways of British Columbia into Lake Koocanusa, where in some cases it already exceeds the threshold. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new criteria on selenium limits […]
read moreFording River gets Green light
- Sep
- 11
Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK) has received the green light from the B.C. Environmental Assessment office to expand its Fording River coal mine near the Alberta border. But with met coal global glut keeping prices in a prolonged trough, the question now is whether the project will proceed as originally planned. Teck is planning an $88.5 […]
read moreTeck plant shut after dead fish found
- Oct
- 28
The water treatment facility at Line Creek will likely not be fully operational until early 2015, a Teck statement says. A $100-million treatment plant that is a key piece of Teck Resources Ltd.’s plan to address a selenium pollution problem in British Columbia’s Elk Valley has been taken off line because of a fish kill. […]
read moreTeck proposed expansions
- Feb
- 17
Teck Coal Ltd. wants to expand two of its Elk Valley mines. Lucy Eykamp, Teck’s social, environmental and regulatory approvals manager, outlined details of Teck’s plans to expand the lifespans of its Coal Mountain Operations (CMO) and Elkview Operations (EVO) to Regional District of East Kootanay board directors Feb. 14. If approved, the proposed expansions […]
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