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A Brown Coal Plan Thats Worse Than Finkel The 2017725However given that this brown coal policy was announced only two days after a 50000 grant to radical environmental lawyers Environmental Justice Australia to help Victorians engage in the process of approving projects on top of the ban on new gas fields and adherence to the 34yearold prohibition on uranium mining it is hard to shake
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Black and brown coal provide around two thirds of national electricity generation although this is down from 80% a decade ago as gas and new renewables have become more prominent see Figure 1 for the trend in coal s contribution to total electricity generation in Australia
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Brown coal deposits in the Latrobe Valley form part of the tertiary c oal system of the Gippsland Basin w hich is one of three major tertiary basins in Victoria Australia There are currently
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COAL is forecast to be Australia s largest export earner at $ billion in 2024 19 with iron ore exports forecast to earn $ billion in the same period according to the latest commodity forecast from the Department of Industry s Office of the Chief Economist Coal has re emerged as Australia s largest export
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In Australia the government claims they pay $10/t to sequester the tonnage they want to but look above the social cost of coal emissions is $250/t The ERF is like putting a bandaid on a basal
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Jul 13 2022Glencore is targeting a 15% reduction in its emissions by 2024 and a 50% cut by 2024 from 2024 levels It s also promised to cap coal production and slowly curtail output until closing the
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Feb 24 2022The Greens have proposed a $19bn plan to diversify fossil fuel reliant towns and subsidise the wages of coal workers who transition into new jobs saying employees can stay in mining but should
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Germany has been the largest lignite producer in the world since the beginning of industrial lignite mining It still is followed by China Russia and the United States The softer and moister lignite also called brown or soft coal has a lower calorific value than hard coal and can only be mined in opencast operations When burned it is more CO2 intensive than hard coal
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Coal mining s water use rate equates to a total consumption of almost 225 billion litres a year in NSW and Queensland which can be extrapolated to 234 billion litres for Australia for black
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Looking at black coal statistics published by the Department of Industry Innovation and Science show that in the same year 2024 17 Australia produced more thermal coal 262 million tonnes
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Coal mining in Australia Australia is a significant global producer and exporter of coal with 6 per cent of the world s economic resources of black coal and 25 per cent of the world s economic resources of brown coal Coal has been mined in Australia for over 200 years and deposits occur in all states and the Northern Territory
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Coal Mineral Fact Sheets Australian Mines Atlas Australian brown coal deposits are Tertiary in age and range from about 15 million to about 50 million years old The main deposits are in Victoria the only State that produces brown coal In the Latrobe Valley in Gippsland thick seams up to 165 m form part of a sequence of brown coal measures that is the basis of Victoria s electric power
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The pictorial record not onlycovers the black coal producing States but also covers brown coal in authors have collated a photographic history of old and new mining methodsand equipment together with examples of developing research and heritagesubjects
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Carmichael is a thermal coal mine under construction in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland which has been approved by the Queensland and Federal governments The project was given the go ahead in June 2024 and construction began later that year
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Jul 20 2016For some mines filling in the void would be impossible Walters says Brown coal removes so much material from the land there is not enough left to fill it in properly But black coal removes
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Oct 25 2021The Coal Mining sector includes both open cut and underground coal mining with black coal reserves concentrated in New South Wales and Queensland and confirmed brown coal reserves located in the Latrobe Valley Victoria
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Official forecasts for coal exploration and income still put coal as Australia s #1 export but only in the short term There is a growing consensus that income from and demand for Australian coal will sharply decline during the 2020s The argument that coal jobs prop up regional economies is increasingly irrelevant as mining companies wish
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Brown coal is produced and utilised almost exclusively in Victorian mines and power stations The Loy Yang Complex and Yallourn W power stations are located in the Latrobe Valley within the Gippsland Region of Victoria the coal is mined from near surface deposits in the Yallourn Morwell and Loy Yang coalfields
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A Japanese Australian consortium has commenced the production of hydrogen from brown coal in a $388m A$500m pilot project in Australia The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain HESC Pilot Project is being developed by the consortium comprising Kawasaki Heavy Industries J POWER Iwatani Marubeni AGL and Sumitomo It is supported by the Victorian
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J Simmons Geotechnical risk management in open pit coal mines in Newsletter Australian Centre for Geomechanics 2024 C S Gloe J P James and R J Mckenzie Earth movements resulting from brown coal open cut mining — Latrobe Valley Victoria Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Subsidence in Mines Wollongong 1973
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Jun 16 2024 Australian Geomechanics Society Why is rehabilitating the Latrobe valley brown coal mines so hard Emeritus Professor Rae Mackay As thermal power generation comes to an end in the Latrobe valley the rehabilitation and closure of the three lignite mines has become a burning issue
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State royalties from brown coal mines set to triple Treasurer Tim Pallas on Friday evening said the increase would bring Victoria s mining royalty rates into line with NSW Queensland and
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More than 80% of brown coal deposits is located in the Gippsland Basin in Victoria it is also found in the Otway Basin and across the Murray Basin [2] The distribution of brown coal in Victoria is shown in Figure 1 In the Latrobe Valley Gippsland Victoria Australia there are three large brown coal open cut mines as follows 1 Hazelwood
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Coal use fell by 1 per cent in 2024 17 and was 18 per cent below its peak in 2024 09 Increased black coal use was offset by brown coal lower consumption after the closure of Hazelwood and Northern power stations Natural gas consumption grew by 1 per cent in 2024 17 Gas usein LNG
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Mar 13 2021Due to its high water content brown coal is less energy efficient and emits higher levels of greenhouse gasses than its black counterpart making it less frequently used in Australia s coal fired power stations
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In 1884 Brown Coal was discovered in the Bacchus Marsh region during construction of the Melbourne to Adelaide rail line Mining on the MBC site commenced in the mid to late 1940s a time of significant fuel shortages across the state of Victoria The mine was owned by Australian Paper Manufacturers and output was mainly dedicated to their
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Victoria VIC has played a huge part in Australian mining history and is still providing exciting potential for mineral exploration today VIC is known for producing gold antimony and brown coal VIC is home to large mining companies including an innovative mining equipment and technology sector METS Fast facts
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There are currently almost 50 coal mines operating in the Bowen Basin most producing between 5 and 10 million tonnes per year and most with relatively short life spans of 10 to 30 years The
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Through J A Brown he acquired more land for mining and took over the Richmond Vale Colliery which changed its name to the Richmond Main Colliery In partnership with his brother William purchased Stanford Greta Number 2 tunnel which became Pelaw Main Colliery These mines were known for having the most up to date technology
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Hundreds of brown coal mining leases have now been issued for Victoria s prized farm land as well as those areas now out of bounds to wind farms — coastal and areas of significant environment value Long time Liberal luminaries and heavyweights of course come in for special favours By far the most egregious example of this is the massive 3 700 sq km lease EL4416 to Dr John White s
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