Westside Mine is a former coal mine located at Wakefield, New South Wales, Australia. The open cut mine was developed to provide coal for the Eraring Power Station. The mine started in 1992 and closed in February 2012 due to exhaustion of mineable reserves.[1]: 5 (PDF page 15)
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Westside Mine Location in New South Wales | |
| Location | Wakefield |
| State | New South Wales |
| Country |  Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°56′56″S 151°34′20″E / 32.94889°S 151.57222°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Coal |
| Production | 12,385,051 tonnes[1] |
| Financial year | lifetime |
| History | |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Closed | 2012 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Oceanic Coal Australia (Xstrata) (80%) Marubeni Coal (17%) JFE Minerals (Australia) (3%) |
The mine site is being rehabilitated following most equipment being removed. The mine area has been reshaped to remove any high walls and covered with topsoil and seeded with native vegetation.[2] During the last nine years of the mine's life, it was operated under contract by Thiess Australian Mining and was the most productive mine in the Hunter Valley region measured by production tonnes per team member.[3] The rehabilitated mine site has second generation flora and seven threatened species of wildlife have been observed.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Westside Mine" (PDF). Annual Environmental Management Report 2012-2013. Oceanic Coal Australia Limited. July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Rae, Neil (September 2013). "Glencore Xstrata Westside Story Mine Closure and Rehabilitation" (PDF). NSW Mining Conference. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Westside". MiningLink. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Townsend, Samantha (19 August 2014). "Former Glencore Westside mine site now awash with luscious forest and a home to threatened native wildlife". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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