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Clarence Mine

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 Location:
101 km W from Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

  Address:
Clarence Colliery Road
Clarence
New South Wales, Austria
2790
Phone+61 2 6353 8000
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Bord-and-pillar
Production Start1979
Mine Life14 years (as of Jan 1, 2019)


Owners

Source: p. 13
CompanyInterestOwnership
SK Networks Resources Australia Pty Ltd. 15 % Indirect
Banpu Public Company Ltd. 85 % Indirect
Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd (Clarence) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centennial Coal Company Pty Limited. The Clarence Joint Venture is comprised of a number of wholly owned subsidiaries being Coalex Pty Ltd (51% share), Clarence Coal Investments Pty Ltd (29% share) and Centennial Clarence Pty Ltd (5% share). The remaining 15% share in the Clarence Joint Venture is held by SK Networks Resources (Wyong) Australia Pty Ltd.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary

Source: Source

Summary:

Coal is extracted from the Katoomba Seam.


Mining Methods

  • Bord-and-pillar

Source: p.9-10

Summary:

Clarence Colliery is an underground coal mining operation located within the New South Wales (NSW) Western Coalfields, approximately 10 kilometres east of Lithgow.Coal is extracted from the Katoomba Seam using the bord and pillar partial extraction method, supplying coal to both domestic and export markets.

The mining system is the partial-pillar extraction system, which has been designed such that remnant pillars that remain within and between panels are long-term stable. Subsidence analysis results have proven this method of extraction results in extremely low levels of subsidence. Unlike full extraction mining, partial extraction minimises subsidence through leaving a proportion of the resource in situ. This provides support to the overlying strata, minimising the breakage and falling of the overburden and maintains the integrity of the above aquifers. Within future mining areas maximum vertical long-term subsidence is predicted to not exceed 100 millimetres (mm) (but may typically range from 40 - 50 mm), and is considered to be negligible. Modelling based on these results provides great confidence that further mining in the Clarence Colliery holding using the partial pillar extraction method will have negligible impacts.

Clarence Colliery will undertake mining operations within the 700 West Area, 800 Area and 900 Area. The mining system at Clarence is inherently flexible and progress within mining areas is largely driven by machinery availability and variations in geological conditions. To this end, mine sequencing is subject to change.

The principal components of the existing operations include:
• Construction and operation of pit top facilities:
o Mine administration and bath house building;
o Store and workshop building;
o Water treatment plant;
o Rail loop and load out facilities;
o Conveyor systems to transfer coal from the underground mine to the pit top facilities including the load out on the rail loop;
o Run-of-Mine stockpile area;
o Ventilation facility;
o Washed coal stockpile area;
o Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP);
o Various water management structures include storage and leachate dams and irrigation area which forms part of the water management on site;
o Sewage treatment plant; and
o A downcast ventilation shaft located on the Newnes Plateau.
• Underground coal mine for extraction from the Katoomba and Lithgow Seams using board and pillar techniques,
• Construction and operation of reject emplacement areas (REAs) I-VI and associated water management infrastructure;
• Extraction of up to 3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of Run-of-Mine (ROM) coal;
• Transport of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of coal products by road in total, with a maximum 200,000 tpa transported to the west, via the Darling Causeway and the Great Western Highway haulage route.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • CHPP
  • Wash plant
  • Crush & Screen plant

Source: Source

Summary:

Coal from the underground operations is brought to the surface via the main ROM conveyor which is located to the south of the administration building. Coal is then run through a rotary breaker and crusher to reduce the size of the coal to 50 mm or less where it is conveyed to the ROM stockpile.

An understack coal reclaim system can either direct coal to the train loading bin or the CHPP for processing. The ROM stockpile is approximately 4 ha in size and has the capacity to store 300,000 tonnes of coal.

Material from the ROM stockpiles is fed into the CHPP where it is washed and then either sent to the washed coal stockpile or the product stockpile. During the washing of the coal, fines material (less than 0.05 mm) are collected and are run through a thickener and into Belt Filter Presses which compress the slurry into cakes which are stored on site to be blended with product coal for sale.

Coal entering the product stockpile is run through a screening plant which separates the coal into the following sizes: 25 - 50 mm, 15 - 25 mm, and < 15 mm loading onto trucks for domestic sale, along with the cakes of the fine material. The Domestic Product Stockpile has an area of approximately two hectares.

Coal which is sent to the washed coal stockpile is not sorted by size. The washed coal stockpile has an area of approximately four hectares and has a storage capacity of 300,000 tonnes of coal. Coal from the wash coal stockpile is collected via under stack coal reclaim system and transported to the train loading bin adjacent to the train loader which is located on the rail loop line which is accessed off the Main Western Rail Line. This coal is predominately then sent to Wollongong (Port Kembla) for export.

Coal from the product stockpile is loaded onto semi-trailers and truck-and-trailer units with a front end loader for transport from the site. Clarence Colliery are approved to transport up to 200,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of coal products by road in total, with a maximum 100,000 tpa transported to the west, via the Darling Causeway and the Great Western Highway haulage route. All loading and haulage within the site is undertaken within the product stockpile area and dedicated haul roads within the Pit Top.


Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) t 1,783,462 ^1,532,5362,039,9691,804,1201,681,9042,509,8072,591,844
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Coal tonnes mined 1,907,118 t of ROM coal ^1,654,309 t of ROM coal2,125,017 t of ROM coal1,871,648 t of ROM coal1,772,124 t of ROM coal2,616,951 t of ROM coal
Reject 172,582 t ^143,652 t88,239 t151,741 t90,220 t118,980 t
^ Guidance / Forecast.

Reserves at December 31, 2021:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven & Probable 30.5 Mt Coal (thermal)
Total Resource 102.2 Mt Coal (thermal)


Pipelines
TypeMaterialDiameterLengthDescription


Heavy Mobile Equipment:

Mine Management:

Job TitleNamePhoneProfileRef. Date
Compliance Manager Olivia Kay LinkedIn Jul 20, 2022
Environmental & Community Manager Isobe Standfast 02 6353 8039 Dec 31, 2021
Mine Manager Brian Nicholls 02 6353 8033 Dec 31, 2021
Production Manager Kyle Egan LinkedIn Jul 20, 2022

Staff:

EmployeesYear
255 2021
300 2020

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Annual Report 2021
Annual Review 2021
Annual Report 2020
Annual Review 2020
Annual Report 2019
Annual Review 2019
Corporate Presentation 2019
Mine Operations Plan 2019
Mine Operations Plan 2019
Other 2019
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2019
Annual Review 2018
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Annual Review 2017
Annual Review 2016
Annual Review 2015
Other 2011

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