Curragh Metallurgical Coal Mine

6,888,000 tonnes were produced, compared to 6,388,000 tonnes the prior year. Curragh achieved record metallurgical coal production of 6.9 million tonnes for the year despite floods adjacent to the Curragh North mine in Jan/08.premie In 2007, the 20 kilometre conveyor and coal handling system to transport coal to Curragh from Curragh North was completed.

Metallurgical coal sales volumes from the Curragh coal mine of 3.1 million tonnes were 1.7 per cent lower than the corresponding six month period last year. Feasibility studies are being conducted into the expansion of the Curragh coal mine to achieve annual export tonnages of between 8.0 and 8.5 million tonnes of metallurgical coal.