The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has expressed its “extreme” disappointment in the federal government’s decision to designate diversified miner Teck Resources’ Castle coal project under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).
The project will extend Teck’s existing Fording River steelmaking coal operation, in British Columbia, maintaining the production capacity of 10-million tonnes per year. "This is a case of the government succumbing to pressure from political interest groups while also placating the US government’s EPA and the state of Montana,” said MAC CEO Pierre Gratton.