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Ravensworth East Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotRavensworth East Open Cut Mine (Ravensworth East) is part of the Mt. Owen/Glendell Operations (MGO).

Mining operations have ceased at Ravensworth East and the void is now to be used as long term water storage.

Owners

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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 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.

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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

CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.80.90.80.81
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1.49 Mt1.31 Mt1.35 Mt1.28 Mt1.33 Mt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe9.59 Mbcm10.2 Mbcm11.2 Mbcm9.34 Mbcm10.4 Mbcm
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1.32 Mt1.55 Mt1.25 Mt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

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Workforce

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