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Bulga Mine

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Bulga Mine

Location: 14 km SW from Singleton, New South Wales, Australia

Address:

PMB 8 (567 Broke Road)
Singleton
New South Wales, Australia
2330

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotBulga Coal comprises two coal mining operations, being Bulga Open Cut and Bulga Underground Operations and the Coal Handling and Processing Plant. In May 2018, Bulga Underground Operations ceased mining and the mine was sealed in July 2018.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Australia Pty Ltd 12.5 % Indirect
Glencore plc. 87.5 % Indirect
Bulga Coal Management Pty Ltd (operator) 100 % Direct
Bulga Coal is managed by Bulga Coal Management Pty Ltd on behalf of the Bulga Joint Venture. Bulga Coal Management Pty Ltd is owned by Oakbridge Pty Ltd, which is the majority shareholder (87.5%) of the Bulga Joint Venture. Glencore is the majority shareholder of Oakbridge Pty Ltd.

Bulga Coal is a joint venture between Saxonvale Coal Pty Ltd (87.5%) and Nippon Steel Australia Pty Ltd (12.5%). Saxonvale Coal Pty Ltd is 100% owned by Oakbridge Pty Limited.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Bulga Coal is located in the central coal producing region of the Hunter Coalfield. The many seams of this coalfield were formed in the Permian period and are similar in age to the Illawarra Coal Measures south and west of Sydney, and the Newcastle and Tomago Coal Measures of the Newcastle/Maitland area. The coalfield strata in the Hunter Coalfield generally dip to the west south-west under the prominent sandstone escarpments of the Sydney Basin. A series of folds, superimposed upon the regional dip, form large north-south trending anticlines, synclines and monocline structures. The coal seams within Bulga Coal, which form part of the Wittingham Measures, dip steeply in the east from where they outcrop. The seams have been folded by the Mount Thorley Monocline to level out forming part of the gently dipping strata of the Singleton Super Groups.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

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Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (metallurgical & thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe8,461,000 9,038,407 10,073,900 8,870,250 9,837,828 
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe12,200,000 t13,373,707 t14,952,750 t13,688,364 t14,084,823 t
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe64,357,000 bcm51,647,323 bcm45,937,000 bcm54,970,641 bcm54,067,939 bcm
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,457,395 t5,510,740 t5,443,251 t4,456,189 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe12.2 t13.4 Mt15 Mt14.1 Mt
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Production Costs

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Personnel

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