Baralaba Coal Mine, Australia

The Baralaba coal mine pit operation located Baralaba Queensland Australia. mine occupies 8km² forms 550km² zone Cockatoo Coal-owned exploration projects. Cockatoo Coal acquired mine December 2008 Peabody Pacific. company holds 62.5% Baralaba Coal wholly owns mine. JFE Shoji Trade Corporation holds remaining 37.5% Baralaba Coal.

SBM VSI5X Impact Crusher, VSI Impact Crusher, PE Jaw Crusher, JCE Jaw Crusher

Operations mine suspended December 2010 severe rains region caused pit flood. heavy rains hitting Queensland coal mines minimum annual production 80Mt accounting 30% Australia's coal exports majeure quarter 2010.

Production resumed following detailed pit dewatering program commenced January 2011. dewatering program deliver access exposed benches. phased dewatering / program expected continue mine returns production.

Reserves

The mine hosts 2.5Mt resources measured category. Indicated inferred resources (including Baralaba south) estimated 15Mt 76.8Mt respectively.

Geology

The Baralaba mine lies south-eastern limb Bowen Basin. within eastern edge north-north-west striking Mimosa Syncline. deposit extends strike length 92km occurs subcrop along Rangal coal measures.

"The contract Baralaba coal awarded July 2009 Huddy's Mining."

The Permian aged Rangal coal measures known Baralaba coal measures stratigraphically positioned intervals abundant tuffs Rewan group. host semi-anthracitic rank coal used Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) thermal purposes. Major characteristics include grey coloured sediments absence tuffaceous beds. coal measures covered weathered sediments 14m 50m thick alluvial sand.

SBM VSI Impact Crusher, PE Jaw Crusher, JCE Jaw Crusher, Symons Cone Crusher

Tight folding thrust faulting zone led formation steeply dipping coal seams. Regionally seams dip towards west. Due influence Dawson structural zone significant structure southern Bowen basin seams locally steep.

To date total 43 seam splits indentified deposit. Coal currently being mined 13 seams. seams being mined intersected coal seams Baralaba deposit area. deposit remains east south.

Production

Production mine commenced October 2005 years prior acquisition Cockatoo Coal.

"The dewatering program deliver access exposed benches."

Production quarter 2010 54,287t 65% production 156,145t quarter 2009 48% 103,885t quarterly production achieved previous quarter ended September 2010.

SBM PE Jaw Crusher, JCE Jaw Crusher, Symons Cone Crusher, Hydraulic Cone Crusher

The mine's design capacity 1Mtpa. production planned ramped 0.75Mt 2012 3Mtpa 2015.

A staged expansion mine pipeline aim continuing towards present operations.

Mining processing

The contract Baralaba coal awarded July 2009 Huddy's services wholly owned subsidiary Industrea. Valued A$30m contract period 18 months option extend further 18 months.

SBM JCE Jaw Crusher, Symons Cone Crusher, Hydraulic Cone Crusher, Spring Cone Crusher

Standard truck shovel method considered suitable due generally soft overburden geological constraints including presence steeply dipping seams faults. Selective techniques used extract different coal types. mined coal undergoes screening product.

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