Specifications - 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
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