Glencore

Glencore Coal is committed to returning mine sites to self-sustaining native ecosystems, agricultural use or other suitable purposes that meet requirements set down by government. Prime examples are the former Westside open cut and West Wallsend underground mines, where our mine site rehabilitation is among the best in the world and a source of pri... de for our workforce. West Wallsend Colliery and Westside Mine are located in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales. Along with Macquarie Coal Preparation Plant (MCCP) and Teralba Colliery, they were previously operated by Oceanic Coal Australia Limited (OCAL) on behalf of Macquarie Coal Joint Venture (MCJV). Great Greta , a former underground mine in the Hunter Valley, is owned by the same group. OCAL is a major joint venture partner of MCJV with 70% ownership. Other participants include Marubeni Coal Pty Ltd (17%), OCAL Macquarie (10%) and JFE Minerals Pty Ltd (3%). OCAL, which owns OCAL Macquarie Pty Ltd, is wholly owned by Glencore. When mining finished at West Wallsend Colliery in 2016, some of the workforce remained to undertake ongoing environmental management and begin mine closure activities. More than 80 million tonnes of coal were mined over the mines 47-year life, mainly by long wall mining techniques. Coal washing at Macquarie CPP also ended with the last remaining stockpiled coal loaded onto trains at the end of 2016. Environmental management activities are continuing. The Westside open cut mine, near Wakefield on the north-western shores of Lake Macquarie, produced coal for domestic power generators from 1992 to 2012. In 2020, our Westside open cut coal site received New South Wales Government certification for a section of rehabilitated mined land, a first for the States coal industry under contemporary mine rehabilitation criteria. The site has been returned to native bushland characteristics of the local environment and landform. The New South Wales Government signed off on 38 hectares of the rehabilitationequivalent to more than 60 football ...Read More