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Bengalla Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
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SnapshotBengalla continues to be recognised as a large-scale cost competitive mine, with the FOB cost per tonne positioned within the lowest quartile of the cost curve1, compared with other seaborne thermal coal producers worldwide.

A task group focused on extending Bengalla mine life beyond 2037 has been established.

Bengalla Mine 13.4Mt Growth Project
While overall volumes were constrained due to downstream logistics disruptions, annualised growth throughput rates were achieved ahead of schedule for the headline washery input metric of 12.9Mtpa. The mining fleet has the capacity to deliver 13.4Mtpa ROM run rates and the CHPP is currently rampingup washery feed following the recent tailings capacity upgrade. The remaining work is now focused on supporting infrastructure, predominantly on a new public car park and an integrated CHPP operations hub, due for completion by the end of the 2024 calendar year.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Taipower Bengalla Pty Ltd. 20 % Indirect
New Hope Group Co., Ltd. 80 % Indirect
Bengalla Mining Company Pty. (operator) 100 % Direct
Bengalla Mine is operated by Bengalla Mining Company Pty Ltd, in which New Hope holds an 80 per cent interest in joint venture with Taipower Bengalla Pty Ltd.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The approved mining area contains a multi-seam coal deposit consisting of eight economically viable open-cut mineable coal seams. Bengalla currently extracts coal from the Warkworth seam to the Wynn seam (previously to the Edderton) which form part of the Whittingham Coal Measures.

Bengalla is situated on the western limb of the Muswellbrook Anticline with the coal seams generally dipping to the west at approximately 5 degrees. The average strip ratio at Bengalla is approximately 3.5 bank cubic metres (bcm) of overburden to each ROM tonne (t) of coal recovered.

Initial and continuing exploration programmes over mining tenements are planned with borehole spacing at approximately 600m. These boreholes include a mixture of open and cored holes and provide a broad understanding of the lithology, quality, gas and other properties in future areas.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe10 8.5 8.3 
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe55.1 Mbcm48.4 Mbcm46.6 Mbcm
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.6 Mt2.2 Mt1.9 Mt
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe12.5 Mt of ROM coal11.3 Mt of ROM coal10.9 Mt of ROM coal10.7 Mt of ROM coal10.5 Mt of ROM coal
^ Guidance / Forecast.

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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