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Mount Owen/Glendell Operation

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotMt. Owen/Glendell Operations (MGO) comprises:
• Mt Owen Open Cut Mine (MTO), including the MGO Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP)
• Glendell Open Cut Mine (Glendell)
• Ravensworth East Open Cut Mine (Ravensworth East).
Related AssetsGlendell Mine, Mount Owen Mine, Ravensworth East Mine

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect
Mt Owen Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Mt. Owen/Glendell Operations (MGO) is owned and managed by Mt Owen Pty Limited (Mt Owen), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore Coal Pty Limited (Glencore).

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Mt Owen Complex (MOC) is located at Hebden, approximately 20 km north-west of Singleton in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW.

Mt Owen is situated between two regional thrust faults, the Hunter Thrust and the Hebden Thrust that limit the lateral extent of the coal seams. Seam dips vary throughout the deposit, with dips being steep (up to 45 º ) in the areas near the Hunter and Hebden Thrusts where parallel thrusts dislocate the seam by up to 40 metres.

Up to 22 mineable coal intervals are recognised, ranging in thickness from 0.2 metre to 10 metres, within a stratigraphic interval of approximately 350 metres, the coal seams comprise a total thickness of approximately 55 metres.

The seams for which there is potential for economic extraction at Mt Owen include the Lemington Seams, Pikes Gully Seams, Arties Seams, Upper Liddell Seams, Middle Liddell Seams, Lower Liddell Seams, Barrett Seams, Upper Hebden Seams and the Lower Hebden Seams.

The mineable coal seams at Ravensworth East vary in thickness from 0.3 metres to 8.5 metres, and include the Ravensworth and Bayswater seams over a stratigraphic interval of approximately 130 metres (maximum) from the surface. These seams form part of the Jerry's Plains Sub-Group of the Whittingham Coal Measures.

Mineable coal seams at Glendell range in thickness from 0.3m to 3.5m including Pikes Gully, Arties, Upper Liddell, Middle Liddell, Lower Liddell and Barrett seams.

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Production

CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (metallurgical & thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe8.57.67.68.38.1
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe14.7 Mt14.1 Mt13.6 Mt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe71.8 Mbcm71.1 Mbcm68.4 Mbcm67.8 Mbcm59.2 Mbcm
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe14.7 Mt of ROM coal14.1 Mt of ROM coal14 Mt of ROM coal14.4 Mt of ROM coal13.9 Mt of ROM coal
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe6.26 Mt6.44 Mt6.01 Mt6.34 Mt
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Production Costs

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