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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[1][2] | -30.639584, 150.167277 (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[2] | – | 2006[2] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5[3] | 1.67[4] | 2023[4] | Surface[2] | Open Pit[2] | – | 180[5] | 180[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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | – | 67 | Gunnedah[2] | Subbituminous | Thermal & Met[2] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd[2][6][7] | Whitehaven | 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 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.[8] Whitehaven Coal operates the mine.[8]
- Operator: Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd (TCPL)[9]
- Owner: Whitehaven Coal[8]
- Location: 16km north-east of Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia[10]
- GPS Coordinates: -30.639584, 150.167277 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 3 million short tons[8]
- Production: 2.2 million tonnes[11]
- Total Resource: 67 million tonnes (Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resource, 2020) [12]
- Mineable Reserves: 35 million tonnes (Proven and Probable Reserves, 2020) [12]
- Coal Type:
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Surface[8]
- Mining Method: Opencut[8]
- Start Year: 2006[10]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240121031856/https://whitehavencoal.com.au/Documentations/Tarrawonga%20Mine/Approvals/Environmental%20Assessments/TAR-PA11_0047%20MOD9-%20Environmental%20Assessment%20%28EA%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Whitehaven Coal, 2019 Full Year Results, company website, accessed June 16, 2020
- ↑ Tarrawonga Coal Mine - Waste Tyre Disposal Modification Report, Whitehaven Coal website, February 2021.
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- ↑ Tarrawonga, Mining Data Online, accessed 2022
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Whitehaven Coal, "Whitehaven Coal Annual Report 2020", Accessed May 2021