Ashton coal mine

Ashton Coal Mine
Location
New South Wales
Country Australia
Production
Products Coking coal

The Ashton coal mine is located in New South Wales, Australia. The mine is located at Upper Hunter Valley region, 15 km North West of Singleton and 32 km South East 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

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

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References

  1. "Ashton Coal Mine". yancoal.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-03.

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