Wesfarmers Coal Ltd
The Wesfarmers Resources division, with mining interests throughout Australia, is part of Wesfarmers Limited, a major diversified Australian public company. Their coal interests include the Curragh mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin (metallurgical coal for export markets and steam coal for domestic markets), the Premier Coal mine at Collie in Western Australia’s south west (steam coal for domestic markets), and a 40 per cent interest in the Bengalla mine in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales (steam coal for both export and domestic markets).
The coal interests of Wesfarmers Resources comprise: a. the Curragh mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin (coking coal for export markets and steam coal for domestic markets) b. the Premier Coal mine at Collie in Western Australia’s south-west (steam coal for the domestic market) c. a 40 per cent interest in the Bengalla mine in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales (steam coal for both export and domestic markets).
Coal production at the mine during the March quarter totalled 2.157 million tonnes, comprising 1.451 million tonnes of metallurgical coal and 706,000 tonnes of steaming coal, down 13.5 per cent on the previous quarter.
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