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Rocglen Mine

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Rocglen Mine

Location: 24 km NE from Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia

Address:

PO Box 600
Gunnedah
New South Wales, Australia
2380

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotProduction ended in June 2019. Company has commenced a rehabilitation programme for the mine, which is likely to take roughly 18 months to complete.

Rehabilitation works are scheduled to be complete by late 2022, with the following years to include monitoring and maintenance of the area.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (operator) 100 % Indirect
The Rocglen Coal Mine is owned by Whitehaven Coal Limited and operated by Whitehaven Coal Mining Pty Ltd.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Mineralization involves three separate coal seams, being the Upper Glenroc, Lower Glenroc and Belmont seams.

Reserves

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Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.
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Processing

Summary:

No processing residues or tailings will be produced during the Closure MOP term.

Reject material from the Whitehaven CHPP will be returned via truck to nearby Whitehaven pits including Rocglen for disposal. All reject material will be co-disposed in the pit void with waste rock material.

Production

Production ended in June 2019. Company have commenced a rehabilitation programme for the mine, which is likely to take roughly 18 months to complete.
CommodityUnits20192018201720162015
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics20192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined 470,119 t of ROM coal1,062,674 t of ROM coal1,497,119 t of ROM coal467,518 t of ROM coal1,260,349 t of ROM coal
Waste 2,373,500 bcm4,580,100 bcm5,773,704 bcm1,974,300 t5,080,179 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Personnel

Mine Management

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