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Curragh coal production rises in Sept quarter

COAL production at Wesfarmers' Curragh coal mine in Queensland for the September quarter was 5.7%...

Lou Caruana

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Metallurgical coal production was 2.6% higher than the previous quarter and steaming coal production was 14.5% higher than the previous quarter.

For the 12 months to 30 September 2015, metallurgical coal production increased by 0.5% to 9,145,000t and steaming coal production decreased by 6.4% to 3,286,000t.

Overburden removal for the quarter ended 30 September 2015 was 13.5% lower than the previous quarter.

Wesfarmers’ share of coal production at its Bengalla mine in New South Wales for the quarter was 814,000t, 14.6% above the previous quarter due to operating in a more productive section of the mining sequence.

For the 12 months to 30 September 2015, Wesfarmers’ share of coal production decreased by 3.3% to 3,285,000t.

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