Mandalong Mine is a modern underground longwall operation located on the western side of Lake Macquarie near Morisset and west of the M1 Motorway. The Mine is situated approximately 130 km north of Sydney and 50 km from the Port of Newcastle, supplying up to 6.5 million tonnes of coal to the domestic power and export markets.
Mandalong Mine comprises the underground workings and surface infrastructure of:
• The Mandalong Mine underground workings including longwall panels, development units and surface infrastructure located near Morisset;
• The Cooranbong Entry Site, consisting of the Cooranbong Colliery underground workings and surface infrastructure located near Dora Creek;
• The Mandalong South Surface Site located off Mandalong Road; and
• The Delta Entry Site, which encompasses an entry and coal delivery system, located near Wyee at the Vales Point Rail Unloader Facility.
Centennial Mandalong has approval to use longwall mining and bord-and-pillar mining methods to extract up to 6.5 Mtpa of ROM coal from the West Wallarah and Wallarah-Great Northern Seams.
The proposed mine plan within the Southern Extension Area encompasses a total of 40 longwall panels ranging in length between approximately 1,000 and 3,500 metres, depending on seam conditions and site constraints, and ranging in width between 160 and 200 metres.
The primary components of the Project are:
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