Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
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It has been announced that the mine will close in 2020. |
Source:
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
Peabody Energy, Inc.
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100 %
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Indirect
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Millennium Coal Pty Ltd.
(operator)
|
100 %
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Direct
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Millennium Coal Pty Ltd (100%) a subsidiary of Peabody Energy and was granted on 7 June 1993 commencing 1 July 1993.
Summary:
Deposit type is coal with thermal to semi-soft coking metallurgical properties (9.1)Geological setting is Bowen Basin, Rangel coal measures, coalescing of the Leichardt and Vermont seams (Average total thickness of 5.4m) Deposit strike is NNE-SSW (~5 deg) dipping at 5-5.5 deg bounded by regional.
Deposit dimensions are approximately 2.5km along strike and 1kn down dip. Deposit is constrained by a 120m depth cut-off limit, an average of 20m depth of weathering and fault structure/s in the North.
Summary:
- Assumed mining method is conventional open cut strip mining, utilizing excavators, dozers and mining trucks similar to adjacent mine site/s
- 120m open cut depth limit has been assumed based on existing practicable open cut strip rations for similar marketable coal types in adjacent open cut mines
- No minimum mining thickness is assumed for the Mineral Resources, although no coal plies are less than 0.3m thick, which is commonly considered a thickness cut-off.
Summary:
- Assumptions on the coal beneficiation process were based on the existing Millennium Coal CPP configurations
- Coal utilization and marketability is based of coal utilisation graphs using coal product results derived from detailed washability and product laboratory quality results
Production:
Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Coal (metallurgical)
|
M tons
| ......  | ......  | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Heat Content | BTU/lb | 12,600 | 12,600 | 12,600 | 12,600 |
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Reserves at December 1, 2018:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
Proven & Probable
|
1 M tons
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Coal (metallurgical)
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