WCCC will suspend operations at PCI producing Dillon mine, located on the company’s Burnt River property in Northeast British Columbia, at the end of this month.
WCCC said the suspension would not result in disruptions to supply of PCI coal to customers, as the coal would be sourced from a 175,000t stockpile at Ridley Terminals.
The company said the suspension would save $C5 million in cash operating savings.
To the greatest extent possible, WCCC said it would re-deploy the Dillon workforce to further the development of its Wolverine Mine, which remains on schedule to be completed in July 2006.
