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Ensham Mine

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Ensham Mine

Location: 35 km E from Emerald, Queensland, Australia

Address:

Duckponds Road
PO Box 1565
Emerald
Queensland, Australia
4720

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Bord-and-pillar
  • Continuous
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SnapshotEnsham produces high-grade coal from four mining sections.

Thermal coal mined from the Ensham does not require further beneficiation. A product yield of a 100% is assumed.

Thungela is evaluating priority exploration targets and determining the optimal portions of the Mineral Development Licences for conversion into mining licences in order to take advantage of the full potential of Ensham's resources.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
LX International 15 % Indirect
Thungela Resources Limited 63.75 % Indirect
Ensham Resources Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
In 2023, Thungela Resources Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary Thungela Resources Australia Pty Limited, acquired a 75% interest in Sungela Holdings Pty Ltd. The remaining 25% interest in Sungela Holdings was acquired by Audley Energy Limited and Mayfair Corporations Group Pty Ltd (collectively, the ‘co-investors’) in equal parts.

Sungela Holdings, through its wholly owned subsidiary Sungela Pty Ltd, then purchased an 85% interest in the Ensham Mine from Idemitsu Australia Pty Ltd and its subsidiary, Bligh Coal Limited, with the remaining 15% stake in the mine held by LX International, through its subsidiary Bowen Investment Australia Pty Ltd.

The Ensham Mine is operated by Ensham Resources Pty Limited.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Ensham is located in the south-central part of the Bowen Basin. The economic seams occur in the Rangal Coal Measures, which has an average thickness of 100m and a strike length of over 80km. The economic seams, contributing towards the reported resources and reserves, are the Aries and Castor with the Pollux seam included in the open cast resources. These seams have a typical economic thickness of 2m up to 6m. The Orion seam at the bottom of the package is considered uneconomical and is not reported.

The project area is bound in the east by the sub-crop on the Comet Ridge and in the west by depth. Normal faulting occurs throughout the deposit, ranging in throw from 2m to 20m. There are two principal orientation of faults, east-west and northwest-southeast.

Ensham produces only a limited amount of semi soft coking coal, with the majority product being a low ash, sulphur, high energy thermal coal. They can produce thermal coals with ash content between 10 to 16% and a calorific value of 6000 to 7000 kcal/kg. Total sulphur content commonly ranges between 0.6 and 0.9% and volatile matter is commonly in the order of 25 to 27%.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityUnits20242023202220212020201920182017
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4.9 5.2 5.1 
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

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Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,875 kt5,239 kt

Production Costs

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