Mount Owen Coal Mine, NSW, Australia
Key Data:
Producer of
Steam and soft coking coal
Location
Northern Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Ownership
Xstrata (100%)
Geology type
Permian coal measures
Mineral type
Bituminous coal
Reserve base
110Mt recoverable (2005)
Annual production
5.95Mt of saleable coal (2005)
Mining method
Multi-seam open pit
Processing method
Washing using dense medium cyclones and fine coal spirals
Employment
n/a
Key Equipment:
Open pit
Liebherr R994 and R996 Litronic hydraulic excavators
Liebherr T-262 electric-drive haul trucks
Driltech and Reedrill blasthole drill rigs
Caterpillar 785, 793B, 793C mechanical-drive haul trucks
Caterpillar D9, D10 and D11 dozers
Washing plant
Abon coal sizers
Down Engineering enclosed conveyors
CMI dense medium cyclones and fine coal spirals
Theiss cantilevered product stacker
Consultants
Process plant: Sedgeman and Associates
Infrastructure: Sinclair Knight Merz
