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Mining News Pro - Chinese-controlled Yancoal plans to ramp up optimization and exploration work at its Tier 1 assets in New South Wales to meet rising consumer demand for high-quality coal.
According to Mining News Pro - Yancoal achieved record coal production during 2018 and has set ambitious growth targets to maximize this output even further.
This includes a potential six million tonnes a year underground development at Mount Thorley Warkworth in the Hunter Valley, which completed pre-feasibility seam drilling at the end of last year.
Yancoal has cited “long-term demand” for thermal and metallurgical coal driven by South East Asian population growth and urbanization as key factors for a strong coal outlook it plans to capitalize on.
Chief executive officer Reinhold Schmidt, in the company’s latest quarterly release, said maximizing production from the company’s underground and open cut mines had allowed it to meet the increasing demand for “higher quality” thermal coal.
“We also benefitted from a full quarter’s impact of new fleet maintenance practices at Mount Thorley Warkworth, successfully reducing truck down-times and interruptions to extraction and haulage rates, while simultaneously delivering operational cost savings,” Schmidt said.
“Similar maintenance reviews are ongoing across Yancoal’s other open cut mines, including the Tier 1 joint venture Hunter Valley Operations mine, as the business continues to establish new operating protocols and efficiencies to drive future production gains.”
Demand for higher quality coal with low ash and low sulfur content is being driven by environmental policy in “established markets” such as Japan, South Korea, China, and Taiwan.
Yancoal posted 50 million tonnes of saleable coal production in 2018, a 59 percent boost on the previous year
Moolarben accounted for 33 percent of saleable coal production (16.5 million tonnes), achieving an operational record.
Mount Thorley Warkworth delivered 24.2 percent (12.1 million tonnes) of the company’s saleable coal production while Hunter Valley Operations represented 26.6 percent (13.3 million tonnes).
The Hunter Valley Operations and Mount Thorley Warkworth were acquired by Yancoal following the purchase of Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied business in 2017.
The two projects, alongside the Mooraben Coal Complex, represent Yancoal’s three Tier 1 assets. These three mines made up the bulk of Yancoal’s 2018 production.
Yancoal became a dual-listed company last December on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, adding to its Australian listing.
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