The Ministry reported the violations occurred on the Conuma’s Brule mine web site between 2020 and 2023. The corporate had already acquired a number of notices and warnings for earlier violations, the Ministry stated. The Brule mine has been in operations since 2016.
Conuma has three working mines within the Province — Brule, Wolverine and Willow Creek. It additionally owns the Quintette coal mine, which it acquired in 2022 from Teck Sources for $120 million. Work is at the moment underway to deliver Quintette again into operations, in keeping with the corporate’s web site.
The newest nice issued to Conuma Sources underneath the Environmental Administration Act was on June 6, 2024 for C$41,100 for failure to adjust to the Act, and orders the corporate to comply with the Brule Mine Water High quality Monitoring Program.