The Austar coal mine is located eight kilometres from Cessnock in the Lower Hunter Valley Region of New South Wales it was formerly known as the Southland Coal Mine but renamed Austar by Chinese miner Yancoal after acquiring it in late 2004 The mine employs over
Austar coal mine pty limited 139 followers on linkedin austar coal mine pty limited is a mining and metals company located in middle road paxton nsw australia
Austar coal mine pty limited is a limited by shares australian proprietary company this corporation was registered on 20041123 and was issued with the 111910822 acn its australian business number is 67111910822 since 20130311 the company is headquartered in nsw post code 2000
Austar coal mine project stage 3 greenhouse gas and energy assessment prepared by umwelt australia pty limited on behalf of austar coal mine 220 the boulevarde po box 838 toronto nsw 2283 ph 02 4950 5322 fax 02 4950 5737 email mailumweltcomau website wwwumweltcomau project director peter jamieson
In december 2003 spontaneous combustion in sl4 resulted in southland coal ceasing mining activities the site of the underground fire was sealed and the mine was placed on a care and maintenance program for 18 months yancoal purchased the mine in december 2004 and changed the name to austar coal mine
Coal miner yancoal ltd will restart its austar coking coal mine in new south wales after receiving regulatory approval to resume production work at the mine was halted in july following a safety
Apr 16 2014 the austar coal mine operates to a depth of 530 metres with coal seams 1300 metres long and 220 metres wide the mine employs over 400 staff and produces 3 million tonnes of coking coal
At 905pm on 15 april 2014 james mitchell 49 and phillip grant 35 died when a major rib sidewall pressure burst occurred in a longwall development roadway known as a gate road during mining operations at the austar coal mine near cessnock in the nsw coalfields
Austar coal mine has experienced another dangerous coalburst which injured two workers in august according to a nsw department of industry report a similar incident occurred at the mine in 2014 killing two men the men james mitchell 49 and phillip grant 35
Austar coal mine formerly southlands and ellalong collieries has had a long association with difficult strata control conditions associated with mining depth and a highly jointedcleated coal seam the conditions include poor longwall face conditions cyclic loading heavy tailgate tg roadway conditions and difficulties in maintaining
Austar coal mine austar longwall remote operation in april 2014 the austar underground coal mine operated by yancoal experienced the first recorded coal burst in australian mining history to counter the unforeseen event austar developed a fully comprehensive coal burst management system for development and longwall operations the first of
Jun 09 2018 a mine safety inspectorate report after a 2016 coal burst high potential incident at austar namedampnbspthe siteampnbspas the only australian mine where a coal burstampnbsphad been identified the report said theampnbspincident was the fatal coal burst on april 15 2014 that killed austar workers james mitchell 49 and phillip grant 35
Austar coal mine pty limited austar a subsidiary of yancoal australia pty limited owns and operates the austar coal mine an underground coal mine located 10 kilometres km south of cessnock in the lower hunter valley see figure 1 the mine is an amalgamation of the historic
Austar is located in the south maitland coalfield of the maitland group which forms part of the newcastle coalfields the mid permian age greta coal measures outcrop around the lochinvar anticline which is the dominant structural feature in the cessnock area austar mine complex is
Austar coal mine mod 1 administrative view the mod 1 administrative project determination the department of planning industry and environment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land and pays respect to all elders past present and future department of
May 26 2020 as yancoals austar coal mine suspends production and transitions to care and maintenance operations we take a look at the long history of the last coalproducing mine in the cessnock area on 15 april 1916 surface operations commenced at pelton colliery in the south maitland coalfields over the next 104 years various operations of both
Jun 22 2020 austar coal mine report summary this report has downloadable files containing asset level detail for the austar coal mine the aim of wood mackenzies coal mine analysis is to provide a detailed review of the key technical commercial and economic issues surrounding the historic and future development of a mine although not all mines have
Mining operations at austar date back to 1916 in december 2004 yancoal purchased 100 of the southland coal mine which consisted of the former ellalong pelton and southland collieries and renamed the operation austar in 2019 austar produced what was equivalent to about 3 of yancoals saleable coal production
Jul 09 2018 in 2017 yancoal produced 2mt of coal at the austar mine including 19mt of saleable output to keep up to date with australian mining subscribe to
Apr 15 2014 on tuesday the 15th of april 2014 an incident occurred at austar coal mine resulting in the deaths of philip grant 35 of metford and jamie mitchell 49 of aberdare
Apr 16 2014 two coal miners have been killed in an underground mine collapse in the new south wales hunter valley they were working 500 metres below the surface and 10km along the austar coalmine when a wall
Apr 15 2014 austar coal mines parent company is acknowledged as being one of the safest and most productive users of this technique in the world the company said
Dec 01 2019 the lives of twentyone men and five horses have been lost in eight outburst incidents in australian underground coal mines the largest outburst event recorded in australia which claimed the lives of seven men and three horses occurred at the collinsville state mine in
The mine austar coal mine austar is a deep underground coal mine located near paxton about 10 kilometres south west of cessnock in the hunter valley nsw production in the greta seam 4m thick is achieved using the longwall mining method and bolterminers used for roadway development the mine produced 164 mt of raw coal in 201314 iii
Jan 01 2017 austar coal mine is an underground longwall coal mine located near cessnock in the hunter valley of new south wales nsw australia and is the only underground mine still extracting the greta seam in this region the mine was the first in australia to adopt the chinesedeveloped longwall top coal caving ltcc method for thick seam extraction
From 2005 to 2008 he was a mine manager and manager of mining engineering at the austar coal mine operation within yancoal australia sharif also has experience with other leading mining companies including thiess and bhp he obtained his bachelor of mining engineering from auckland university and mba from oxford university
Austar coal mine proprietary ltd operates underground coal mines the company produces ash coking coal and provides coal mining services austar coal mine exports its products around the world
Austar coal mine mod 7 lws b4b7 modification view the mod 7 lws b4b7 modification project determination the department of planning industry and environment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land and pays respect to all elders past present and future department of planning industry and environment
Seam of the ashton underground coal mine varying between 105 metres and 230 metres below the surface proposed longwall mining in the extraction plan area of 201 to 204 the ep area refer figure 11 is due to commence in april 2017 and is planned to take place over a three year period
Apr 16 2014 two miners have died after a wall collapse at an underground coal mine in the nsw hunter valley the pair were two of eight miners working 500m underground at the austar coal mine
Austar coal mine is a longwall mine near cessnock in the nsw hunter valley and at the time of the incident was the only underground mine extracting the greta seam typically seam thickness ranges from 4 to 6 metres and depth of mining from 480 to 560 metres
