Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Dragline
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2043 |
Callide consists of four operating mine areas: Boundary Hill, Trap Gully, The Hut and Dunn Creek. Current production level of 10Mt of which approximately 61% is for domestic market and 39% for export.
All domestic production is sold under contracts with two adjacent power stations (Callide B & C Power Stations) and an aluminiumsmelter (Queensland Alumina). |
Source:
Avra owns 85.5% in the Callide Mine in Australia and an exclusive right to market 100% of export volumes produced.
Batchfire Resources Pty Ltd is the holding entity for Batchfire Callide Pty Ltd and Batchfire Callide No.2 Pty Ltd which holds the mining tenure in the Callide Basin.
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Summary:
The Callide Mine is located in the Callide Basin of Central Queensland, approximately 20km north of Biloela and 85km south-west of Gladstone.
Curently Batchfire operates three major mining areas of Dunn Creek, Trap Gully and Boundary Hill South.
The Boundary Hill South is located within the Callide Basin, which is a fault bounded synclinal basin of Middle to Upper Triassic age. The Callide Basin is approximately 22km long and 8km wide, and is aligned generally along a north-west to south-east axis.
The geology of the Boundary Hill South area includes the following strata:
• Quaternary alluvium associated with creeks;
• Biloela Formation;
• Precipice Sandstone;
• Callide Coal Measures;
• Triassic Muncon basement volcanics.
The Callide Coal Measures are the primary resource of economic significance at the Boundary Hill operation.
Mining Methods
- Truck & Shovel / Loader
- Dragline
Summary:
Callide Mine is an open cut coal mine with an annual production rate of approximately 10 million tonnes per annum of product coal. Mining commenced at Callide Mine in 1944. The mine produces low-sulphur, sub- bituminous thermal coal that is used to supply the adjacent Callide Power Station and for export to overseas customers. Callide Mine involves open cut mining in four discrete mining areas including Dunn Creek, Trap Gully, The Hut and Boundary Hill.
Batchfire‘s mining operations are delivered by open-cut strip mining methods using draglines for primary overburden removal, supported by up to eight excavators and Rear Dump truck fleets for pre-stripping, coal mining, and partings removal.
The company has two active draglines, with one dedicated to Boundary Hill Mine and the other dedicated to the Southern Operations.
The location and infrastructure of these areas allow Trap Gully, The Hut, and Dunn Creek to function as an integrated operation known as the Southern Operations. The Boundary Hill mining area is located to the northwest and shares resources with Southern Operations.
This outstanding product is considered the lowest fugitive emission energy coal mined anywhere in Queensland.
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Reserves at August 1, 2020:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
Total Resource
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1,070 Mt
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Coal (thermal)
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HME Type | Model | Size | Quantity | Status | Leased or Contractor | Ref. Date | Source |
Dozer (crawler)
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Dec 6, 2022
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p.1
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Required
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Dec 6, 2022
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p.1
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Dozer (crawler)
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Existing
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Dec 6, 2022
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p.1
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Required
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Dec 6, 2022
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p.1
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Dragline
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Existing
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Aug 31, 2020
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Excavator
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Existing
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Nov 15, 2022
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Excavator
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Existing
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Nov 15, 2022
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Excavator
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1875 HP
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Existing
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Oct 3, 2023
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p.1
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Loader
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14 m3
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Existing
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Nov 15, 2022
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p.1
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Truck (dump)
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Existing
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Oct 3, 2023
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p.3
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Truck (haul)
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Existing
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Nov 15, 2022
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p.1
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