Lochinvar Coal Mine

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Lochinvar Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Longtown, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lochinvar Coal Mine	Longtown, Scotland, United Kingdom	55.035828, -3.0125145 (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	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Announced	New	2025 (planned)	–

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
1.4	–	–	Underground	Longwall	185	500	*

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
47	–	111	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
New Age Exploration	New Age Exploration	Australia

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

Background

The Lochinvar coal mine is a proposed underground mine project near Longtown, Scotland. 

The mine is being proposed by the Australian-based minerals and metals exploration and development company, New Age Exploration Limited (NAE). The Lochinvar mine project consists of three adjacent underground mining licenses known as Lochinvar, Lochinvar North, and Lochinvar South. The 1.4 million-tonnes-per-annum (mtpa) project will deliver coking coal to UK and European markets.

• Owner: New Age Exploration
• Parent company: New Age Exploration
• Location: Longtown, Scotland
• GPS coordinates: 55.035828, -3.0125145 (Approximate)
• Mine status: Proposed
• Production: 1.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) marketable; 1.9 Mtpa ROM.
• Start year:
• Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous, Met
• Mine size: 66.5 km2
• Mine type: Underground, Longwall

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