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Werris Creek shines for Whitehaven

WHITEHAVEN Coal’s Werris Creek open cut coal mine in New South Wales was the company’s star performer in the December quarter with an improvement in its seam profile contributing to a 94% increase in run-of-mine coal production.

 Whitehaven Coal's Werris Creek mine in NSW.

Whitehaven Coal's Werris Creek mine in NSW.

Production for the three months to December came to 416,000 tonnes compared to 214,000t in the September quarter and 273,000t in the previous corresponding period. "The quarter-on-quarter volume uplift...

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