Maxwell coal mine
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The Maxwell coal mine is a proposed underground coking coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley. It would lie 18km south west of Musswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. If started the mine will produce coal for 26 years[1]
Transport of product coal to Australian markets or to the Port of Newcastle for export would be via the existing Antiene Rail Spur and Main Northern Railway or via conveyor to the Bayswater and/or Liddell Power Stations.[2]
Contents
Location
The undated image below shows the exact location of the proposed mine.[3]
Coal Mine Background
On 26 September 2019, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment requested that Malabar prepare and submit a Submissions Report for the project.[1]
Opposition
The Project would result in the direct clearance of approximately 152.8 hectares of known and potential habitat for the Striped Legless Lizard[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Maxwell Ventures[1]
- Parent Company: Malabar Coal
- Location: 18 km south west of Musswellbrook, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
- GPS Coordinates: -32.433479, 150.824735 (exact)[3]
- Status: Development[1]
- Production Capacity: 8 million tonnes per annum[2]
- Total Resource: 770 million tonnes[5]
- Mineable Reserves: 148 million tonnes[2]
- Coal type: Coking coal
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Underground bord and pillar mining and longwall mining[6]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Malabar Coal, "Maxwell Project Submissions Report", page 1, Malabar Coal website, 20 November 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Malabar Coal, "Maxwell Project Submissions Report", page 4, Malabar Coal website, 20 November 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Malabar Coal, "Maxwell Project Submissions Report", page 2, Malabar Coal website, 20 November 2019.
- ↑ Malabar Coal, "Maxwell Project Submissions Report", page 57, Malabar Coal website, 20 November 2019.
- ↑ Malabar Coal, "Resources & Reserves", Malabar Coal website, 2018.
- ↑ Malabar Coal, "Maxwell Project Submissions Report", page 3, Malabar Coal website, 20 November 2019.
