Ulan Complex Coal Mine

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Ulan Complex Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ulan Complex Coal Mine	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	-32.242539, 149.749697 (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	–	–	–

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	10.788	2022	Underground	Longwall	137	225*	931

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
106	2023	608	Western	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Ulan Coal Mines Ltd	Glencore PLC [100.0%]	Switzerland

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	10	12	12	11	12	11	12

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 Ulan coal mines are underground and surface mines, operated by Ulan Coal Mines Limited, a subsidiary of Glencore, producing 10.4 million tonnes per annum, near Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. The Ulan mine and lease area is managed by Xstrata Coal Australia Pty Limited, which owns 90% of Ulan Coal Mines Ltd (UCML), with the remaining 10% held by its joint venture partner Mitsubishi Development.

In November 2010, Mitsubishi said that it and Swiss-based miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) will roughly double the production capacity of the Ulan Coal mine in New South Wales state in Australia to 12.9 million metric tons a year, with commercial production targeted starting in 2014. Mitsubishi has a 10% stake in the mine while Xstrata holds the remainder. The two partners will invest A$1.3 billion in the expansion, the Japanese trading house said in a statement. The partners will sell the new output to Japan and other foreign customers.

The Ulan West expansion project was subject to a feasibility study and commissioned in 2012. The project cost $500 million to build and employ 800 people during construction and 435 when operating.

The underground mines Ulan No.3 and Ulan West are operating, but surface operations at Ulan have not operated since 2014.

• Sponsor: Ulan Coal Mines Limited
• Parent Company: Glencore
• Location: Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -32.242539, 149.749697 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 10.4 mtpa
• Total Resource: 245 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type:
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: underground
• Mining Method: longwall, continuous
• Workforce Size: 931
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

Contact details

Website: http://www.ulancoal.com.au/aboutus_location.html

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