Whitehaven Coal

Whitehaven Coal is a small coal mining company with four existing mines in New South Wales and another one under construction. The company's share of coal produced from the operating mines in 2009 was 2.8 million tonnes of saleable coal.

Existing Coal mines
Whitehaven currently operates four open cut mines in the region:


 * Rocglen mine
 * Sunnyside mine
 * Tarrawonga mine
 * Werris Creek mine

New mines
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Infrastructure
Whitehaven has an 11% interest in the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) which is currently constructing a new coal export terminal at the Port of Newcastle. It also has an export allocation with Port Waratah Coal Services, which operates the existing coal terminals in Newcastle.

Contact details
Whitehaven Coal Limited Level 9, 1 York St, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box R1113, Royal Exchange NSW 1225 Phone: 02 8507 9700 Fax: 02 8507 9701 Website: http://www.whitehaven.net.au/

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