Sherritt's Coal business consists of the Coal Valley export mine in Alberta. Coal operations inherently require the disturbance of land as part of the mining process. Therefore, a significant component of Coal's environmental program involves reclamation of disturbed land back to productive use. The reclamation process provides an opportunity to apply innovative methods and practices to create landforms which are better than or equal to those which existed prior to mining. The determination as to the best utilization of reclaimed land is made in consultation with government authorities and local stakeholders. An example of innovative reclamation is the creation of sport fishing lakes from mined-out pits in areas where such fishing opportunities did not exist previously. Lovett Lake, created in a mined-out pit, is a valued recreational area to the community around the Coal Valley mine.

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