Blair Athol Mine

Blair Athol Mine is an open cut mine with just over 200 employees.

Coal is transported by 170 tonne capacity rear dump trucks to the primary crusher station, where it is reduced in size. A conveyor then takes the coal to the secondary and tertiary screening and crushing stations, where it is progressively reduced to the size required by customers.

The resulting coal product is then conveyed to stockpiles, or is fed directly to the train loading bin. Trains take up to 9500 tonnes of coal to the Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal for the international export market.

Blair Athol coal is classified as bituminous, with low ash and sulphur, high ash fusion temperatures and excellent handling, grindability and combustion characteristics.

Blair Athol Mine has marketable reserves of 50 million tonnes as at 31 December 2006, and produced a total of 10 million tonnes of saleable thermal coal in 2006.

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