Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Crowsnest Employer suffers serious incident

A large number of residents of the Crowsnest Pass, work at the Greenhills mine in Elkford.
There was a very serious incident yesterday thank God nobody was hurt. Depending how serious the damage was, and the course of action Teck takes will determine the impact on its employees and the local economy.


June 29, 2010
Teck Reports Serious Incident at Greenhills
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) ("Teck") reported that an explosion occurred in the coal dryer at Teck's Greenhills coal mine near Elkford British Columbia today at approximately 3.15 p.m. All employees, visitors and contractors have been accounted for. Four employees have been treated for minor smoke inhalation. Teck has mobilized teams to control a brush fire triggered by the explosion. The cause of the accident is not known at this time. Damage to the dryer building is extensive. It is expected to be several days before the damage can be fully assessed and the extent of the interruption of production at Greenhills can be estimated.Regulatory agencies and authorities have been notified.Teck has an 80% interest in Greenhills. Greenhills's planned 2010 production was approximately 4.3 million tonnes of metallurgical coal, of which Teck's share is approximately 3.4 million tonnes.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Re: security deposit.

If they build the road do they get the deposit back?

Then what if there is only one guy living out there - are taxpayers on the hook to keep the road open every winter?

How many vacant lots in "developments" do we have already?