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Ashton coal mine

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Ashton Coal Mine
Location
New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates32°28′09″S 151°04′41″E / 32.4690589°S 151.0779464°E / -32.4690589; 151.0779464
Production
ProductsCoking coal
Owner
CompanyYancoal

The Ashton coal mine is located in New South Wales, Australia. The mine is located next to Camberwell in the Upper Hunter Valley region, 15 km northwest of Singleton and 32 km southeast of Muswellbrook. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 322.5 million tonnes of coking coal. The mine applies longwall mining and currently has an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes.

Site services

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The site services of the mine are mainly located at the south of the New England Highway, which include the western ventilation fans, back road fans, main gas drainage plant, nitrogen plant and three borehole pumps.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Ashton Coal Mine". Yancoal. 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.