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Mount Owen Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Mount Owen Complex (MOC) includes the Ravensworth East and Mount Owen open-cut mines and is part of the Mount Owen Glendell Operations (MGO).

Operations at Ravensworth East ceased in March 2024, and the void is now intended to be used for long-term water storage.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect
Mount 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:

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 ยบ ) 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.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (metallurgical & thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5.14.44.64.74.4
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe8.93 Mt8.82 Mt8.65 Mt8.64 Mt8.04 Mt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe40.4 Mbcm38.4 Mbcm38.2 Mbcm37.6 Mbcm30.2 Mbcm
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe9.04 Mt8.62 Mt8.5 Mt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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