The Curragh complex is located in the Bowen Basin.

Coal Seams of Economic Interest - Rangal Coal Measures.

Average coal seam thickness (meters): 1.5 - 6.5.

The Curragh is an opencast bituminous coal mining and processing operation consisting of two distinct areas, Curragh North and Curragh East. Mining is carried out at Curragh using open cut mining methods typical of the Bowen Basin open cut coal industry, comprising a mix of dragline, a rope shovel and hydraulic excavators.

Curragh’s operating infrastructure has significant production capacity and its operations are well served by major port facilities and rail transport infrastructure:

–a 20 km overland conveyor links Curragh North’s ROM and crushing circuits to the CHPP and is one of the Southern Hemisphere’s longest single flight conventional conveyors;

–two CHPPs provide extensive coal washing capacity and flexibility;

–circa 310 km kilometers from Gladstone Port with throughput capacity at RG Tanna Coal Terminal and Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal.