Liddell Coal Mine
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The Liddell Colliery is an open cut coal mine operation located at Ravensworth in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine in New South Wales, Australia.
Background
On its website, former owner Xstrata Coal stated that "Liddell Colliery began as a Joint Venture between Xstrata Coal Pty Limited (Xstrata) (67.5%) and Mitsui Matsushima Australia Pty Limited (MMA) (32.5%). Liddell Coal Operations Pty Ltd (Liddell Coal), a 100%-owned entity of Xstrata, managed the operation with a local contractor, Rutherford-based Hunter Valley Earthmoving Company Pty Limited (HVE) operates the open cut mining operation.
Mine Details
- Operator: Liddell Coal Operations Pty Ltd[2]
- Owners: Glencore (67.5%) and Mitsui Matsushima Australia (32.5%)[2]
- Location: Ravensworth, New South Wales, Australia
- Coordinates: -32.408380, 151.031944 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 4.98 million tonnes per annum (2021)[3]
- Total Resource: 840 million tonnes (2022)[4]
- Mineable Reserves: 2 million tonnes (2022)[4]
- Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal and Met)
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year: 1923
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Xstrata Coal, "Liddell Colliery", Xstrata Coal website, accessed August 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lidell Coal Operations", Glencore Australia website, accessed March 2023.
- ↑ 2021 Liddell Coal Operations Annual Review, Glencore Australia, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2022 Reserves and Resources Report, Glencore, accessed March 2023.
