"The Fording River Active Water Treatment Facility is now operating as planned and achieving near-complete removal of selenium from treated water," reads the statement. "The delay in completion of this facility was necessary to implement a fix for a water treatment challenge, followed by impacts to construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic." The company also noted it has constructed capacity to treat and remove selenium from up to 77.5-million litres of water per day. The total amount of administrative penalties also includes additional sanctions at other coal mining operations in the region.