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Duralie Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical & thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Duralie Coal Mine was an open-cut truck and shovel operation. The operations extract ROM coal from the Weismantel and Clareval seams.

Mining in the Clareval pit was completed in September 2017 and mining in the Weismantel pit ceased in December 2021. All equipment was removed from the site after mining ceased.

Closure operations, including the recommencement of bulk material rehandle and shaping, commenced in October 2022.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Yancoal Australia, Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Duralie Coal Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Duralie Coal Pty Ltd (DCPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yancoal Australia Limited (YAL), is the owner and operator of the Duralie Coal Mine (DCM).

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The coal resource at the Duralie Coal Mine (DCM) is located within the Permian aged Gloucester Basin in NSW.

The DCM is located in the southern closure of the main synclinal structure of the Gloucester Basin and is associated with the coal bearing strata of the Dewrang Group. The Dewrang Group comprises three main stratigraphic units, namely: Mammy Johnsons Formation; Weismantels Formation; and Duralie Road Formation.

The coal seams mined at the DCM include:
• the Weismantel Seams;
• the Clareval Seams; and
• the Cheerup Seams.

The underlying basement rocks are principally volcanics of Early Permian (i.e. Alum Mountain Volcanics) and Carboniferous age that were folded during formation of the Gloucester Basin. The Early Permian and Carboniferous volcanic rocks are typically erosion resistant and form the more prominent ridges to the east and west of the DCM.

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Comminution

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Production

Combined production numbers are reported under Stratford Duralie (Gloucester) Operation

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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Personnel

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