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Poplar River Coal Mine
15th-largest coal / uranium mine in Canada of 38 · top 25% worldwide (#1,218 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
- Owner
- Prairie Mines and Royalty LLC
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~2.74 Mtpa
- Methane
- ~0.16 kt CH₄/yr
- Commissioned
- 1978
- Retired
- 2029
Comparable coal / uranium mines · Canada · 38 ranked
- #1Fording River Operations
- #13Vista Coal Mine
- #14Donkin Coal Mine
- #15Poplar River Coal Mine
- #16Roman Mountain Coal Mine
- #17Sukunka Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Poplar River power station17 km · Power Plant · 630 MW · coal
- Outlaw Trail wind farm23 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)