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Kestrel Mine is an underground mine, using a longwall and continuous miner method. 375 employees (as at 31 December 2008) work in shifts to keep the mine operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The coal deposit is part of the Bowen Basin, a significant Permian coal basin stretching 600 km long and 250km wide.
In 2008 the mine produced three million tonnes of coking coal and one million tonne of thermal coal. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation 300km to the Port of Gladstone where it is shipped to international customers.
Kestrel Mine had marketable reserves of 131 million tonnes as at 31 December 2008. Read more about our products.