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Mangoola Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotOn 26 April 2021, the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) approved with conditions, the Development Application for the Mangoola Coal Continued Operations (MCCO).

The State Significant Development (SSD) approval provides for the continuation of open cut mining immediately north of the existing mine at Mangoola Coal Operations. This will enable Glencore to extract a further 52 million tonnes of coal through to the end of 2030.

During 2023, construction continued in the MCCO Project Area north of Wybong Road. The mining phase was triggered on 1 December 2022 with the commencement of vegetation removal associated with mining.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect
Mangoola Coal Operations Pty. Ltd (operator) 100 % Direct
Mangoola Open Cut (Mangoola) is owned and operated by Mangoola Coal Operations Pty Ltd which is a Glencore managed operation.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The key target seams lie within the Newcastle coal measures and include the Wallarah (where present), Great Northern, Fassifern and Upper Pilot seams.

The MCCO (Mangoola Coal Continued Operations) Additional Project Area is located in the north-western coal-producing region of the Hunter Coalfield. The coal seams within the MCCO Additional Project Area form part of the Late Permian Newcastle Coal Measures of the Singleton Super Group. They gently dip to the west at about 2 degrees below horizontal and reach a depth to the floor of the lowest seam of approximately 125 m at the lowest point relative to the highest topographical location within the MCCO Additional Mining Area.

In order of increasing depth, the key target seams for mining within the Proposed Additional Mining Area include the:
- Wallarah seam
- Great Northern seam
- Fassifern seam
- Upper Pilot seam.

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Comminution

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe10,163,80210,563,2208,983,75111,073,8659,332,461
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe37,832,133 bcm37,268,648 bcm30,749,328 bcm35,217,266 bcm31,499,858 bcm
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,641,124 t2,578,556 t2,119,578 t2,478,440 t
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe12,920,522 t of ROM coal13,310,870 t of ROM coal11,302,377 t of ROM coal13,499,455 t of ROM coal11,563,144 t of ROM coal
^ Guidance / Forecast.

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