Tarrawonga Coal Mine

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Tarrawonga Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tarrawonga Coal Mine	Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia	-30.639584, 150.167277 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2006	–

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
2.7	1.95	2023	Surface	Open Pit	12.31	60.0*	180

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
23.0	2024	67.0	Gunnedah	Subbituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd [100%]	Whitehaven Coal Ltd [100.0%]	Australia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	1.87	2.75	2.26	2.51	2.19	2.42	1.95

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

Background

The Tarrawonga coal mine is a surface mine operated by Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd (TCPL), a subsidiary of Whitehaven Coal, in Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia. Whitehaven Coal operates the mine.

• Operator: Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd (TCPL)
• Owner: Whitehaven Coal
• Location: 16km north-east of Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -30.639584, 150.167277 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 3 million short tons
• Production: 2.2 million tonnes
• Total Resource: 67 million tonnes (Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource, 2020)
• Mineable Reserves: 35 million tonnes (Proven and Probable Reserves, 2020)
• Coal Type:
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mining Method: Opencut
• Start Year: 2006
• Source of Financing:

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