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FEATURED MINING COMPANY
XSTRATA COAL
AUSTRALIA
Mt Owen Complex: is located within the Hunter Coalfields at Hebden in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, approximately 25 km northwest of Singleton, and 26 km south-east of Muswellbrook.
Mt Owen Mine is a structurally complex deposit consisting of 28 seam sections, with dips ranging from 10 to 45 degrees. Mining is undertaken at depths in excess of 280m, which makes Mt Owen one of the deepest operating open-cut coal mines in the world.
Similar mining methods are employed across Mt Owen and Ravensworth East Mines. Mining is currently carried out by large excavators and haul trucks supported by ancillary equipment including water carts, dozers, graders, fuel and service carts, loaders and drills.
The sequence of mining involves clearing of vegetation and topsoil, drilling and blasting of overburden, followed by the excavation and haulage of overburden from a series of sequential mining blocks to the emplacement. |
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