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Australia
Coppabella Mine (Moorvale Mine)

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 Location:
140 km SW from Mackay, Queensland, Australia

  Address:
Peak Downs Highway
Nebo
Queensland, Australia
4742
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
Processing
  • CHPP
  • Flotation
August 5, 2020 - The company restructured the Coppabella and Moorvale mines to operate as a single mining complex, which is anticipated to result in increased efficiencies and lower costs. In addition, the mine reduced three excavators/truck and shovel units in response to challenging PCI demand.


Owners & OPERATOR

Source:
CompanyInterestOwnership
Peabody Energy, Inc. (operator) 73.3 % Direct
Peabody Energy has a 73.3 percent interest in the Coppabella Mine through its Peabody Energy Australia PCI subsidiary.
The Coppabella and Moorvale coal mines are operated by the CMJV.

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The mine lies within the eastern part of the Queensland Bowen basin on the south-western edge of the Carborough syncline. The south-east section of the deposit has been affected by a cretaceous aged granodiorite intrusion that has changed the direction of the synclinal flank upwards.

A north-east dipping Permo-Triassic strata encloses the economic coal measures of Fort Cooper and Rangal. Although the surface of the strata is flat to slightly wave-like, the sediments hosted within the Carborough Syncline are folded and characterised by a major north to north-west striking fault system. One particular fault set is split into two distinct open-pit operations.

The Fort Cooper coal measures form the basal unit of the deposit. The measures, about 350m in thickness, consist of tuffaceous sediments with thick high-ash coal seams. The unit, however, is considered uneconomical within the deposit.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline


Summary:

The mining process is conventional, using dragline with truck and shovel and hydraulic excavators. The P&H 4100 electrical shovel is used for pre-stripping operations and removing overburden. In order to facilitate the process, the overburden is first drilled and blasted.

A Marion 8200 dragline is used on the final pass to coal in the central region. The exposed coal is mined using hydraulic excavators.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • CHPP
  • Flotation

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Summary:

Mined ore is transported by coal trucks to the stockpile or to the ROM from where it is fed to the coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP).

Coal is processed in a 4.8Mtpa CHPP. To maximise plant output the coal is blended properly before it is fed to the CHPP. Raw coal is crushed in a three-phased crushing system to reduce the fine coal generation. Cleansing of coarse coal is done in a dense medium cyclone that has a 1,300mm diameter. The fine coal is cleaned in 24 banks of triple start spirals. Ultra-fine coal is recovered with two Jameson flotation cells.

The processed coal is sent to the product stockpile before it is loaded and delivered for export to the Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal.


Production:

CommodityUnits20192018201720162015
Coal (metallurgical) M tons  ......  Subscription required3.73.83.33.8
Heat ContentBTU/lb12,60012,60012,60012,60012,600
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Reserves at October 12, 2018:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven & Probable 33 M tons Coal (metallurgical)


Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2020:
HME TypeModelQuantity
Dozer
Dragline ....................... Subscription required 1
Shovel ....................... Subscription required 1
Truck (dump)
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesYear
Subscription required 2019
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2020
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................................... Subscription required 2019
Fact Sheet 2018
Form 10-K 2018
Fact Sheet 2017
Form 10-K 2017
Fact Sheet 2013
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