Moorvale Underground
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| Joint Venture and Manager | Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture - managed by Macarthur Coal (C&M Management) Pty Ltd |
Macarthur Coal's interest | 73.3% |
Tenements | MLs 70290 and 70291 |
Location | Immediately north-west of Moorvale Mine |
Potential ports | Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Abbot Point Coal Terminal and Dudgeon Point (Proposed Terminal) |
Coal types | Low volatile PCI coal and coking coal |
| 2011 activities | No exploration activities were required in 2011 as development options are being revisisted in consideration of an additional strip at the open-cut Moorvale Mine. |
Project status | Moorvale Underground is currently considered either an extension to the mine life of the open cut Moorvale Mine, or as a new mine development in support of additional port capacity. The mine is likely to be a bord and pillar operation with direct entry from the high wall of the open-cut mine, or from an independent entry for the greenfield option. Production capacity is estimated at up to 1.0Mtpa ROM coal. Optimising the mining operation has the potential to enable a higher coking coal fraction to be produced from the ROM coal. |
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