Mangoola Coal Mine
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Mangoola Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wybong, New South Wales, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Mangoola Coal Mine | Wybong, New South Wales, Australia | -32.294922, 150.706712 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1999 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.5[1] | 7.69[1] | 2022[1] | Surface | Open Pit | – | 50 | 390[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65[3] | 2023[3] | 1570[3] | Hunter | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Mangoola Coal Operations Pty Ltd[4][5] | Glencore | Switzerland |
Expansion/Extension
Table 6: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Project Phase | Added Capacity (Mtpa)* | Start Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed[6] | Permitted | Extension | – | 5 | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The Mangoola Coal mine is surface mine, operated by Mangoola Coal Operations Pty. Limited, a subsidiary of Glencore near Wybong in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.[7]
In 2021, the mine received approval for a life of mine extension, to continue operations to 2030.[8] On its website Xstrata Coal states that " Approval to construct and operate the Mangoola open cut coal mine was granted by the NSW Minister of Planning on 7 June 2007. In October 2007, Xstrata Coal purchased the mine. Xstrata Mangoola Pty Limited manages the mine on behalf of Xstrata Coal. Xstrata Mangoola is approved to extract and process up to 10.5 million tonnes per annum of coal from an undeveloped coal reserve at Mangoola for a period of 21 years from the granting of the mining lease on 20 November 2008."[7]
- Sponsor: Mangoola Coal Operations Pty. Limited
- Parent Company: Glencore[9]
- Location: Near Wybong, New South Wales (NSW), approximately 20 kilometres (km) west of Muswellbrook, and approximately 10 km north of Denman in the Muswellbrook Local Government Area (LGA)[9]
- GPS Coordinates: -32.294922, 150.706712 (exact)
- Status: Operating[9]
- Production Capacity: 6.1 (2021)[9]
- Total Resource: 180 million tonnes[9]
- Mineable Reserves: 81 million tonnes[10]
- Coal type: Thermal coal
- Mine Size:
- Mine Depth: 50m
- Mine Type: Open-cut[9]
- Workforce Size:340 [11]
- Start Year: 1999[9]
- Source of Financing:
Opposition
In August 2019, the environmental group Lock the Gate announced its opposition to the mine on the grounds that its expansion would accelerate further damage to the Wybong village and intensify the region's economic dependence on the industry. Georgina Woods, a Lock the Gate Alliance spokesperson, expresses her disapproval: “The noise and dust from the mine has depopulated the district and those people that remain suffer physically and emotionally as a result.”[12]
In April 2021, the New South Wales Government granted Glencore permits to extend the life of the mine until 2029 through a new pit at the operation.[13]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://www.glencore.com.au/.rest/api/v1/documents/3ed70c3be6dce286b7e6d4d1e0d638ed/23092_Mangoola+2022+Annual+Review.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/resources/pac/media/files/pac/project-submissions/2020/12/mangoola-coal-continued-operations-project-ssd-8642/20210311t162847/mangoola-mine-submission--march-2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/a53e27b1-6025-4ef2-9be8-f3be543dfb26/GLENCORE-Resources-and-Reserves-report-2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.glencore.com.au/operations-and-projects/coal/current-operations/mangoola-open-cut.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.glencore.com/who-we-are/transparency/group-entities.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.glencore.com.au/operations-and-projects/coal/projects/mangoola-coal-continued-operations-project.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Xstrata Coal, "Narama", Xstrata Coal website, accessed August 2010.
- ↑ Australian state commission approves extension of Glencore's Mangoola coal mine, Reuters, April 26, 2021
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 About Us, Glencore Mangoola Open Cut, Accessed January 29, 2020
- ↑ Glencore Plc, Resources Reserves Report, 2017
- ↑ Mangoola Coal Project
- ↑ Mangoola madness: Coal mine extension must be rejected to save community, Lock the Gate Alliance website, August 27, 2019.
- ↑ Jake LaphamIPC approves controversial Mangoola coal mine expansion in Hunter Valley ABC Upper Hunter, April 28, 2021
