Hunter Valley Continuation Project

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Hunter Valley Continuation Project is a proposed coal mine in Lemington, New South Wales, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hunter Valley Continuation Project	Lemington, New South Wales, Australia	-32.5245107, 150.9819012 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	Extension	2025	–

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
–	–	–	Surface	–	76.16	60.0*	–

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
–	–	–	Hunter	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	Port Waratah Coal Services

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Hunter Valley Operations [100%]	Yancoal Australia Ltd [51.0%]; Glencore PLC [49.0%]	China, Switzerland

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) consists of two mine sites separated by the Hunter River: Hunter Valley North coal mine and Hunter Valley South coal mine. While the two mine sites are approved under separate development consents, they are operated as one site, known as the HVO Complex.

The HVO is a Joint Venture between Yancoal Australia Ltd and Glencore.

The HVO Continuation Project aims to recover further coal resources within the existing mining tenements at HVO, extending the life of mine from 2025 to 2050 at HVO North and from 2030 to 2045 at HVO South.

Mine Details

• Operator: Glencore
• Owners: Yancoal Australia (51%), Glencore (49%)
• Location: New South Wales, Australia
• Coordinates: -32.5245, 150.9819 (exact)
• Mine Status: Proposed
• Start Year:
• Production Capacity:
• Total Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mine Size: 76.16 km2
• Workforce Size:
• Primary Consumer: Port Waratah Coal Services
• Source of Financing:

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