Tag: Hunter Valley coal

PORT Waratah Coal Services owns and manages both the Kooragang and Carrington Coal Terminals, which have a combined capacity of 145mtpa, and employs about 350 people across the 24/7 business. At October 31, exported 92,021,793t of coal from both the Carrington and Kooragang terminals, up from 90,454,527t at 2018, with Carrington contributing 12,190816t. and Kooragang contributing 79,878,238t. Fires temporarily closed the rail network that supplied both the port of on November 12, and the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) said that there was no damage to assets and services gradually began to resume operation from 7:45 until the morning of November 13. “ARTC continues to monitor conditions regarding train operations on its network in NSW and is working with operators...

Images: Port Waratah Coal Services. BY ELIZABETH FABRI   PORT Waratah Coal Services exports declined marginally in the 2017 calendar year, however there have been other issues under spotlight; a big question mark over the future of its long-running Carrington operation – and more recently – scrapped plans for its Terminal 4 project.   In November, Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) was blindsided by a NSW Department of Planning draft report which stated it would explore options to move its Carrington coal terminal to another location. Carrington and Kooragang are PWCS’s bread and butter, and two of the three coal terminals that make up the Port of Newcastle (the third being operated by Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group). PWCS – the...

Yancoal’s recently acquired Hunter Valley Operations project.  Image: Yancoal.   BY CAMERON DRUMMOND   MANY Hunter Valley communities are intrinsically linked – historically and economically – to a mining industry which currently injects about $6bn in wages and payments to local businesses each year. Now, as coal prices receiver and stabilise, the Hunter’s economy is set for a welcome boost.   With a 2016 population of 732,000, the Hunter Valley accounts for 28 per cent of NSW’s inhabitants outside Sydney. Since the early 1800s, the Hunter’s mining operations have been a stalwart of economic activity in the region. The Hunter is no stranger to coal price cycles. Having just navigated the post-global financial crisis depression, it is looking toward a...