Hunter Valley South Coal Mine

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Hunter Valley South 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 South Coal Mine	Lemington, New South Wales, Australia	-32.5245107, 150.9819012 (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	–	1971	–

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
20	7.55	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	679

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	2023	–	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	13	11	10	10	9	7	8

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 South coal mine is a surface mine located in Lemington, New South Wales, Australia. Alongside Hunter Valley North coal mine, it comprises the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) — a joint venture between Yancoal Australia (51%) and Glencore (49%). The Hunter Valley Operations, including the North mine, is owned by Yancoal and Glencore.

Approvals for the Hunter Valley Operations allow for the extraction of up to 20 million ROM tonnes from operations south of the Hunter River. (Up to 22 million ROM tonnes of coal can be extracted from operations north of the Hunter River, that is, from Hunter Valley North coal mine.)

• Operator: Hunter Valley Operations (a Joint Venture Management Committee)
• Owners: Yancoal (51%), Glencore (49%)
• Location: Lemington, New South Wales, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -32.5245107, 150.9819012 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 9.87 million tonnes per annum (2021)
• Total Resource: 4,470 million tonnes for all HVO (2022)
• Mineable Reserves: 850 million tonnes for all HVO (2022)
• Coal Type:
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1971
• Source of Financing:

Contact details

Website: http://www.syntechresources.com.au

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