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Coking coalOpportunities in New South Wales, Australia澳大利亚新南威尔士州炼焦煤投资机遇

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Overview 概况

• The coking coal produced in New South Wales (NSW) includes premium hard, semi-soft and soft coking coal.

• Premium hard coking coals are produced from the Southern Coalfield of the Sydney Basin.

• The main coal mining areas are linked by rail to the Newcastle and Port Kembla ports.

• In 2015–16, the NSW coal industry produced 247 million tonnes (Mt) run-of-mine (ROM) coal, yielding 191 Mt of saleable coal, worth nearly $14.6 billion or approximately 80% of the total value of the state’s mineral production.

• NSW has more than 15 billion tonnes of recoverable coal reserves contained within 40 operating mines, and over 20 new major development proposals.

Geological setting 地质环境

Over 60% of NSW is covered by sedimentary basins. The major coal resources of NSW are located in the 500 km long, 150 km wide Permian−Triassic Sydney–Gunnedah Basin in the east of the state. It extends from south of Wollongong to north of Newcastle and north-westerly through Narrabri into Queensland. Relatively minor coal resources are mined in the Werrie and Gloucester basins. Exploration is active in the Oaklands and Ashford basins. The Permian, bituminous coal resources in the Sydney–Gunnedah Basin consist of a variety of coal types from low-volatile, hard coking coals to high quality thermal coals.

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Coal regions 煤区

The Sydney Basin is subdivided into five major coalfields, namely the Hunter, Newcastle, Southern, Western and Central coalfields.

The Hunter Coalfield is the largest coal producing area of NSW, containing significant reserves of export quality low-ash soft coking coals. Coal is mined from over sixty seams within the Greta Coal Measures, the Wittingham Coal Measures and the Newcastle Coal Measures and many mines are large-scale, multi-seam, open-cut mining operations, with lesser numbers of underground operations.

The Newcastle Coalfield contains low-ash, medium-fluidity, soft coking coal in the central area of the coalfield and is produced from ten seams within the Greta Coal Measures, the Tomago Coal Measures and the Newcastle Coal Measures.

The Southern Coalfield is renowned for its premium quality hard coking coals. These coals are medium-ash, low-volatile, and mined mainly from the Bulli, and Wongawilli seams by underground mining methods at depths in excess of 400 m. The Southern Coalfield’s remaining unallocated resources of prime coking coal are in the Bulli and Balgownie seams underlying the Camden−Campbelltown−Picton region of the south-western Sydney metropolitan area. Further unallocated export quality coking coals remain undeveloped in the Wongawilli Seam in the southern half of the coalfield.

The Western Coalfield produces mainly thermal coal, with a relatively smaller amount of coking coal.

The Gunnedah Basin is divided into two sub-basins of unequal portions by the north−south-trending Boggabri Ridge. The eastern (smaller) portion, the Maules Creek sub-basin, contains some high-volatile, high-fluidity soft coking coal in the Hoskissons Seam in the Black Jack Group. The western (larger) portion, the Mullaley sub-basin, contains predominantly thermal coals in the north with semi-soft coking coal in the southern parts.

The Gloucester Basin, approximately 80 km north-east of Newcastle, also contains Permian bituminous coal. The basin is approximately 38 km long and 20 km wide and contains medium-ash, medium-volatile thermal and coking coals mined in five seams within the Gloucester Coal Measures.

The Ashford area in the state’s north contains relatively small amounts of coking coal in a narrow discontinuous strip that extends from near Inverell northwards towards the Queensland border. Mining is hampered by the distance to markets and ports, however exploration continues in this area, with encouraging results.

Coking coal resources and reserves by region 炼焦煤资源和储量（按煤区）

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NSW export coking coal by destination 新州炼焦煤出口量（按国家和地区）

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Typical specifications for NSW export coking coal 新州出口炼焦煤典型规格

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Southern Hunter Newcastle Gunnedah

Coal type Hard coking

Soft coking

Soft coking

Soft coking

Moisture % (ad) 1.0 2.7 2.3 4.0

Moisture % (ar) 7.9 8.9 8.1 –

Ash % (ad) 9.3 8.9 8.1 6.5

Vm % (ad) 22.9 34.7 35.3 37.9

Ts % (ad) 0.40 0.55 0.9 0.45

Se % (kcal/kg) 7570 7250 7480 7400

CSN 6.5 5.0 6.0 5.0

AFT (°C) deform 1560 1380 1290 –

AFT (°C) flow 1590 1540 1550 –

HGI 68 51 49 45

Gray-King G3 G2 G6 –

Max. fluid (ddpm) 1800 130 7420 200

Phosphorus % (ad) 0.061 0.025 0.045 0.005

Release of areas for coal exploration 煤炭勘探区的颁布

Through its Strategic Release Framework for Coal and Petroleum Exploration, the NSW Government has introduced the independently chaired Advisory Body for Strategic Release, to review and define which areas of the state are released for coal exploration. Inputs into the framework include a geological resource assessment, conducted by the Geological Survey of NSW; and a preliminary regional issues assessment of economic, social and environmental factors, which incorporates community and stakeholder consultation, conducted by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.

The Strategic Release Framework ensures that the NSW Government’s approach to issuing coal exploration titles is transparent, informed and consistent with their broader land use strategies and community expectations.

Contact: coal.geology@industry.nsw.gov.au | +61 2 4931 6689

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