Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2036 |
The Commodore Coal Mine is produced coal for the adjacent 870-megawatt (MW) Millmerran Power Station.
The Millmerran Power Project (MPP) is the combined Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine and involves the continuation of mining and processing of coal reserves around Commodore Coal Mine to extend Life of Mine beyond 2036.
Expansion of Commodore Coal Mine requires approval for the increase in disturbance. |
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
Millmerran Power Management Pty Ltd.
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100 %
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Direct
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Millmerran Power Management operates the Millmerran power station and coal mine for its parent company, InterGen.
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Summary:
The coal is mined from the Walloon Coal Measures, typically the Kooroongarra seam which is up to 3 m thick, the Commodore Seam which averages 5.2 m thickness and the Bottom Rider seam which is up to 0.9 m thick.
Summary:
Commodore Coal Mine is an open cut thermal coal mine. A combination of conventional truck and shovel as well as dozer push methods are used to remove the overburden and uncover the coal.
The coal is uncovered by free digging the soft pre-strip material with excavators and removing it with trucks then cast blasting the harder material. Dozers are used to push a percentage of the blasted material and the excavators and trucks are used to uncover the coal. There are three pits at the Commodore mine, A, B and C pit. In B pit there is a thin coal seam that is targeted due to its high energy rating using through-seam blasting. The ability to blast this area only once, targeting both upper and lower coal seams has financial benefits and significant scheduling advantages.
Overburden and waste are stored for later use to backfill pits and to develop the final landform. Progressive rehabilitation is underway. The mine started production in 2002 with an expected lifespan of more than 30 years.
The Millmerran Power Project (MPP)
The Millmerran Power Project describes the combined Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine. The Project will involve the extension and continued operation of the Commodore coal deposit with the inclusion of two resource areas within MDL 301 to the east of ML 50151 and a portion of MDL 299 to the northwest of the ML 50151. The mining area proposed is on land that is already owned by the Millmerran Power Project. The ........
Summary:
The coal mined from Commodore directly supplies the Millmerran Power Station, which is adjacent to the mine.
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