• Data Access
  • Your Email  
  • Your Email  
Keep me signed in.
Forgot your password?
Close
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Enter the email you signed up with and we'll email it to you.
  • Your Email  
Close
Back
MDO
Mining Data Solutions
  • Home
  • Database
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In
  • Sign In
Australia
Wilpinjong Mine

This page is not tailored to
devices with screen width under 750 px.
 Location:
42 km NE from Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

  Address:
1434 Ulan – Wollar Road
Wilpinjong
New South Wales, Australia
2850
Phone  ...  Subscription required
EmailEmail
WebsiteWeb
Additional Resources for Suppliers & Investors
Drill results over 30 g/t Au
Stay on top of recent discoveries.
Search drill results by commodity and grade.
Largest mines in the Americas
Mining and mill throughput capaciites.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Deepest underground mines
Shaft depth and mill throughput data.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Heavy mobile equipment
HME type, model, size and quantity.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Permitting and construction projects
Projects at the permitting or construction stage. Full profiles of select projects.
Mines with remote camps
Camp size, mine location and contacts.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Mines & projects in Australia
A list of country's mines and projects.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
  • Overview
  • Owners
  • Geology
  • Mining
  • Processing
  • Production
  • Reserves
  • Financials
  • Fleet
  • Personnel
  • Filings & News

Thank you for browsing through mine profiles compiled by the Mining Data Online team.

Would you like to subcribe or schedule a Demo?
  • Name:
     
  • Company:
     
  • Position:
     
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • Message:

Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2030
Wilpinjong is one of the lowest-cost coal mining operations in Australia.


Owners

Source: p. 48,400
CompanyInterestOwnership
Peabody Energy, Inc. 100 % Indirect
Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The Wilpinjong Coal Mine is owned and operated by Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peabody Energy Australia Pty Limited.

Contractors

Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The Wilpinjong Mine is located in the Permian Illawarra Coal Measures on the northwest margin of the Sydney Basin. This coal measure is around 115m thick in the area, where the dominant lithologies are mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, carbonaceous mudstone and tuffaceous claystone. The coal seams of interest at Wilpinjong include the Moolarben seam and the Ulan seam. The Wilpinjong mine accesses the Ulan Seam, a 15m-thick seam that is hosted at the base of the late Permian aged Illawarra coal measures. The paleoenvironment is a protected swamp environment on the stable Carboniferous granite basement. The Ulan seam consists of ten plies, including plies of good quality coal, high ash coal, stony coal and partings of claystone, carbonaceous claystone, tuffs and other non-coal lithologies. The working plies at the Ulan seam are inter-bedded with clay stone and siltstone horizons. The seam is shallow and sub crops in the deposit area. The Coal Reserves reported are high volatile bituminous in rank. The various coal products making it marketable for thermal use in domestic electricity generation and export. Peabody classifies the Wilpinjong property as a coal deposit with low geological complexity based on the following factors: • The Ulan seam is laterally continuous and can be correlated using geophysical logs across large distances with high confidence; • The seam is relatively flat lying (1 to 3 degrees), gently dipping towards the north-northeast; • There are no major ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Conventional open cut mining methods are used at the Wilpinjong Coal Mine, with a low strip ratio allowing for relatively rapid pit advance. The design of spoil/truck dumps takes into consideration the following parameters: • Overall Slope Angle should not exceed 37° (crest to toe angle). • Lift heights should be ~20 m to 30 m dump lifts with standoff distances of ~10 m to 15m for successive lifts. • Lift heights greater than 30m require specific Job Safety Analysis (JSA) • Dump height should be consistent with the natural stability of the material being dumped. In general, the higher the dump face, the greater the risk the dump face has of collapsing under the influence of the vehicle tipping. • The surface of the dump shall be free draining and comply with dumping procedures. • Seepage from the dump and natural groundwater inflow should be drained to sumps, and ponding at the toe of or within the in-pit dump should be kept to a minimum. • The dump designs and slopes are such that the run of water reports to the site sedimentation dams. • Reduced bench heights minimising the potential dump instability especially in weak material dumping spots. • Maintain a minimum berm, safety windrow or stop log at the tip face of ½ wheel height of the largest vehicle using the dump thereby increasing the Factor of Safety (FoS). • Where the base of the dump is subject to the influence of water or mud, recognise the requirement to dump short of the tip face; • Where crack ........


Crushing and Grinding
Source: Subscription required

- subscription is required.


Processing

Flow Sheet: Subscription required

Summary:

- subscription is required.


Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) M tons  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required141314
Heat ContentBTU/lb10,00010,00010,00010,00010,000
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics20212020201920182017
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required45.5 Mbcm39.3 Mbcm37.9 Mbcm
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required15.1 Mt of ROM coal14.9 Mt of ROM coal13.7 Mt of ROM coal
Reject  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.31 Mt2.13 Mt1.56 Mt
Coal washing plant annual capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required9.2 M tons
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Reserves at December 31, 2022:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 63 M tons Coal (thermal)
Probable 4 M tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 67 M tons Coal (thermal)
Measured 103 M tons Coal (thermal)
Indicated 25 M tons Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated 128 M tons Coal (thermal)
Inferred 6 M tons Coal (thermal)

Financials:

Units20212020
Sustaining costs M USD
Growth Capital M USD
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Pre-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
EBITDA M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Operating Cash Flow M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Subscription required - Subscription is required


Water Supply
TypeMaterialDiameterLengthDescription

The mine water supply system includes a water supply borefield comprising up to 19 bores located to the north of the mine area. Five existing production bores have been developed of which two are currently licensed to each provide up to 110 ML annually (equivalent to 3.5 L/s if pumped continuously). Licence renewal applications for the other three bores have been lodged with DPI Water at production rates of 50 ML, 50 ml and 23 ML annually. Additional production bores may be established as required over the life of the mine.

WCPL also has an in principle agreement with the nearby Ulan Coal Mines Ltd (UCML) to source excess water from the Ulan Coal Mine (by pipeline) if required in the future (subject to approval).


Heavy Mobile Equipment as of September 8, 2021:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
Dozer ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Loader (FEL) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Scraper ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (water) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required
Truck (water) 20000 l ....................... Subscription required
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Mine Management:

Job TitleNamePhoneProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Sep 8, 2021
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 15, 2023
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Staff:

EmployeesYear
Subscription required 2021
Subscription required 2020
Subscription required 2019
Subscription required 2018
Subscription required 2017

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Form 10-K 2022
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2019
................................... Subscription required 2019
Annual Report 2018
Annual Review 2018
Form 10-K 2018
Annual Review 2017
Annual Review 2017
Corporate Presentation 2017
Form 10-K 2017
Other 2017
Other 2014
Form 10-K 2008
Environmental Impact Statement 2006
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Terms of Use Privacy Policy © 2017-2023 MDO Data Online Inc.