Berlins Creek Coal Mine

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Berlins Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Lower Buller Gorge, West Coast, New Zealand.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Berlins Creek Coal Mine	Lower Buller Gorge, West Coast, New Zealand	-41.879217, 171.84727 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0	2022	Surface	Open Pit	2.17	50*	200*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
6	–	–	Inangahua	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Heaphy Mining	Heaphy Mining	New Zealand

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Berlins Creek mine, also known as Heaphy Mine, is an opencast sub-bituminous coal mine west of Inangahua on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The mine is owned by Heaphy Mining.

Heaphy Mining owns and operates the mine on the Inangahua Coal Field, some or all of the 2.17km² mine is on New Zealand department of conservation land.

• Operator: Heaphy Mining
• Owner: Heaphy Mining
• Location: Buller District, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand
• Coordinates: -41.879217,171.847270 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.007696 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves: 6 million tonnes
• Coal Type: SUBBITUMINOUS (Thermal)
  Solid fuel calorific value (gross) 24.20 MJ/kg (Range for NZ coal 15.25–31.95 MJ/kg)
• Mine Type: SURFACE
• Start Year: 2017
• Source of Financing: Heaphy Mining

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