Hunter Valley North Coal Mine
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Hunter Valley North Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Lemington, New South Wales, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter Valley North Coal Mine | Lemington, New South Wales, Australia | -32.4657844, 150.9734981 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1952 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22[1] | 4.38[2] | 2022[2] | Surface | Open Pit | – | 60* | 679[3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395[4] | 2023[4] | 4080[4] | Hunter | Bituminous | Thermal & Met | Port Waratah Coal Services |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter Valley Operations | Yancoal Australia Ltd [51.0%]; Glencore PLC [49.0%] | China, Switzerland |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 6[5] | 5[5] | 8[6] | 6[6] | 4[2] | 4[2] | 6[7] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.
Background
The Hunter Valley North coal mine is a surface mine located in Lemington, New South Wales, Australia. Alongside Hunter Valley South coal mine, it comprises the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) — a joint venture between Yancoal Australia (51%) and Glencore (49%).[8] According to Yancoal's website: Production commenced at Hunter Valley Operations in 1949 at the current West Pit, which is now a part of Hunter Valley North. The Hunter Valley No. 1 mine began production in 1979. In 2000, Coal & Allied merged the West Pit and Hunter Valley mine to create Hunter Valley Operations. The Lemington mine, which began production in 1971, was acquired and merged into HVO in 2001.[9]
The website continues: "In March 2009, Coal & Allied received approval from the NSW Government to replace the multiple approvals under which HVO South operated with a single Project Approval valid for 21 years to 2030. The approval included extraction of a further 84 million tonnes of coal and upgrades to a range of infrastructure at the mine."[9]
Yancoal Australia acquired HVO on 1 September 2017.[9]
Approvals for the Hunter Valley Operations allow for the extraction of up to 22 million ROM tonnes from operations north of the Hunter River. (Up to 20 million ROM tonnes of coal can be extracted from operations south of the Hunter River, that is, from Hunter Valley South coal mine.)[10]
- Operator: Hunter Valley Operations (a Joint Venture Management Committee)[11]
- Owners: Glencore (49%) and Yancoal (51%)[12]
- Location: Lemington, about 24km north-west of Singleton in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia[12]
- GPS Coordinates: -32.4657844, 150.9734981 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 4.54 million tonnes (2021)[10]
- Total Resource: 4,470 million tonnes for all HVO (2022)[13]
- Mineable Reserves: 850 million tonnes for all HVO (2022)[13]
- Coal Type: Thermal, Coking[14]
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Open Cut[14]
- Start Year: 1949[9]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://www.glencore.com.au/dam/jcr:f07167f2-eb5e-4729-b99b-fe058f191945/hvo-project-newsletter-edition-1-sept-2020.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240207183713/https://www.hvo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/HVO-2022-Annual-Review_Combined-Reduced-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 (PDF) https://www.glencore.com/.rest/api/v1/documents/static/a53e27b1-6025-4ef2-9be8-f3be543dfb26/GLENCORE-Resources-and-Reserves-report-2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://www.hvo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/documents/Hunter%20Valley%20Operations/Annual%20Environmental%20Review/2018/HVO%20Annual%20Environmental%20Review%202018.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://www.hvo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/documents/Hunter%20Valley%20Operations/Annual%20Environmental%20Review/2020/HVO%20Annual%20Review%202020%20Final_with%20appendices%20compressed.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.hvo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HVO-Annual-Review-2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Hunter Valley Operations", Glencore Australia website, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "HUNTER VALLEY OPERATIONS," "Yancoal website," accessed June 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hunter Valley Operations Annual Environmental Review 2021, Insite Hunter Valley Operations, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ "About Us", Hunter Valley Operations website, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Welcome to Hunter Valley Operations," "Hunter Valley Operations website," accessed June 2020.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Yancoal, Coal Resources and Coal Reserves statement for year ending 31 December 2022, Yancoal, 27 February 2023.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Coal," "Glencore website," accessed June 2020.
