Saraji Mine
Saraji Operations
Construction of the Saraji open cut coal mine began in late 1972 and production commenced in the latter part of 1974. Saraji has a current production capacity of 6.8 million tonnes of high grade coking coal a year.
Saraji Mine is located 24km south of Peak Downs mine and 213km south west of the Hay Point coal export terminal. Saraji mines the Dysart seam, which lies within the Moranbah Coal Measures, ranging from 4m to 6m in thickness.
Coal is uncovered by open cut methods utilising four draglines supplemented by a truck/shovel stripping operations. Coal is mined in the pits using a hydraulic excavator and two front end loaders. Coal is transported to the mine preparation plant by 8 x 160 tonne capacity coal haulers, where it is processed to customers' specifications. The plant has a loadout conveyor capacity of 3000 tonnes per hour.
Saraji coking coal is sold to South and East Asia, Europe, the Americas and India.
Recent Events:
- Achieved above-target production of 6.8Mt in 2006/07
- Recordable injury frequency rate of 12.9, an improvement of 18 per cent
- Dragline 11 moved a record quantity of overburden, making it one of the best-performing draglines in the world