Enhance Place mine
The Enhance Place mine operated from 1997 to 2005 as an open cut mine. A 2017 environmental management report stated that the mine “was established … to recover remnant coal from areas previously open cut mined in the 1950’s. A principle objective of Enhance Place was to provide the means to improve the appearance and general amenity of the land through the rehabilitation of land previously impacted by mining.”[1]
By June 2005, all the economically feasible coal had been extracted. In total, the Enhance Place mine extracted 609,940 tonnes of coal during its lifetime.[1]
Since then, the focus has been on rehabilitation. According to the same 2017 environmental management report, “surface water control, rehabilitation of land-form with seeding and fertilisation, feral animal and weed control programmes have been implemented with final rehabilitation nearing completion.”[1]
Though the coal mine’s longest mining lease extends through 2023, it appears unlikely that the mine will reopen operations.[1]
Location
The undated image below shows the approximate location of the retired mine.
Project Details
- Sponsor: Enhance Place Pty Ltd[1]
- Parent Company: Enhance Place Pty Ltd[1]
- Location: Located in the Western Coalfields of NSW at Blackmans Flat, 15km northwest of Lithgow and approximately 3km southeast of Mount Piper Power Station.[1]
- GPS Coordinates: -33.4033131,150.089431 (approximate)[1]
- Status: Care and maintenance since 2005[1]
- Production Capacity: 89,000 tonnes in 2004, its last full year of operation[1]
- Total Resource:
- Mineable Reserves: 0 Mt[1]
- Coal type:
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Open Cut[1]
- Start Year: 1997[1]
- Source of Financing:
