Wards Well - Lancewood coal project
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The Wards Well - Lancewood coal project is listed as a being at the concept study phase in a 2019.[1] The proposed site is located 60km north West of Emerald, Queensland, Australia.
In BHP Billiton's 2009 Annual Report. The company lists it as a possible open cut mine producing both metallurgical and thermal coal from the Bowen Basin in Queensland.[2] Later references are only made to metallurgical coal.[3]
Contents
Location
The undated image below shows the proposed location of the Wards Well mine.[4]
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Project Details
- Sponsor:
- Parent Company: BHP
- Location: 60 km north west of Emerald, Queensland.
- GPS Coordinates: -21.598813, 147.958654 (exact)[4]
- Status: Development
- Production Capacity:
- Total Resource: 1 billion tonnes[5]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal type: Coking coal[5]
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: underground, longwall mining[5]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ BHP, ["Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Metals, Mining and Steel Conference, Presentation", page 12 BHP, 14 May 2019.
- ↑ BHP Billiton, 2009 BHP Billiton Annual Report, BHP Billiton, September 2009, page 90.
- ↑ BHP, "Annual Report 2019" BHP, Page 282, May 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vitrinite, "Denham Park – Hard Coking Target" Vitrinite, accessed 15 October 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Marcus Randolph, "Steelmaking materials briefing", BHP Billiton, Slide 34, 30 September 2011.
