Berlins Creek Coal Mine

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Berlins Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Lower Buller Gorge, West Coast, New Zealand.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Berlins Creek Coal Mine	Lower Buller Gorge, West Coast, New Zealand	-41.879217, 171.84727 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0	2022	Surface	Open Pit	2.17	50*	#REF!*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
6	–	–	Inangahua	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Heaphy Mining	Heaphy Mining	New Zealand

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.02	0.022	0.007	0.007	0.006	–	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background

Berlins Creek mine, also known as Heaphy Mine, was an opencast sub-bituminous coal mine west of Inangahua on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The mine was owned and operated by Heaphy Mining. It supplied industrial and domestic coal to the top half of the South Island.

Some or all of the 2.17km² mine was located on New Zealand department of conservation land.

Closure

In September 2021, Heaphy Mining Ltd posted a message on their Facebook social media page noting that the Heaphy mine had closed. They also stated that if any parties were interested in the mine itself, the Coal Mining Lease would come up for renewal in 2034 and the Resources Consents in 2035.

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