Loy Yang Coal Mine

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Loy Yang Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Loy Yang Coal Mine	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia	-38.2347, 146.564 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1982	2035 (planned)

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
28	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	12	200	685*

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
–	–	1680	Gippsland	Subbituminous	Thermal	Loy Yang A power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltd	AGL Energy Ltd [100.0%]	Australia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Loy Yang coal mine is a surface mine producing 28 million tonnes per annum for the Loy Yang A power station and Loy Yang B power station, near Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The mine is owned by AGL Energy and is operated by AGL's subsidiary, Loy Yang Power. Legislation passed in November 1976 provided for the construction of a 4,000-Megawatt power generating project with coal supply from a new open cut at Loy Yang. Site works commenced in February 1977 and in 1982, the first dredger at Loy Yang Mine was commissioned and commercial operations commenced with the removal of overburden in 1982.

AGL acquired Loy Yang in 2012.

In 2022, AGL announced a targeted closure date of 2035 for Loy Yang power station as the company reshapes its future energy portfolio. Initially, mining operations were scheduled to cease in 2048 (along with the power station), but in light of this new timeline, the Loy Yang mine will likely also close more than a decade earlier than planned.

• Operator: Loy Yang Power Management
• Owner: AGL Energy
• Location: Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -38.233191,146.565514 (exact)
• Status: Operating.
• Production Capacity: 28 MTPA
• Total Resource: 168 billion tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Mine Size: 650 hectares
• Coal Type: Subbituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1982
• Source of Financing:

Community Opposition

On September 3, 2007, activists from Real Action on Climate Change chained themselves to the coal conveyor belt from the Loy Yang Mine which supplies coal to the brown-coal-fired Loy Yang A Power Station and Loy Yang B Power Station in Traralgon, Australia. Two people , and others hung several large banners from the plant. The action took place several days before an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney, and was intended to draw attention to Prime Minister John Howard's failure to limit Australian carbon emissions. Four people were arrested.

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