Eastern creek
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The Eastern Creek open cut coal mine in the northern Bowen Basin regionof Queensland is an extension of the Newlands coal mine. The mine islocated 30 kilometres north west of Glenden, the closest town to the minethat has a population of around 1,360 people. It is also sited 140kilometres west of Mackay, the largest regional centre. Glenden wasfounded in 1983 to service the Newlands coal mine and remains the main service centre and accommodation area for contractors and mineemployees working in the area.
Eastern Creek Extension to use Same Infrastructure and Workforce
The Eastern Creek extension comprises around 11,674 hectares west of theRedcliffe Tableland. It is crossed by three creeks, Cerito Creek, WilsonCreek and Eastern Creek that make up the upper reaches of the BurdekinRiver catchment. The existing Newlands mine comprises of 11 miningleases covering an area of 20,166 hectares. The Eastern Creek miningoperation makes use of the Newlands mine infrastructure that includes thecoal handling and preparation plant, the reject and tailings disposal areas, the administration offices, warehouse complex, water and sewagetreatment facilities, haulage roads, explosive storage, airstrip, workshops and rail load out facility.Eastern Creek Mine Part of the Newlands Group of Four Mines
The Newlands mine produces around 10.5 million tonnes of product exportcoal annually and consists of four distinct mining operations, these being; (1) the main deposit, which includes the Northern Underground mine and an open cut mine, it also houses the CHPP (coal handling and processing plant), (2) the Eastern Creek open cut mine, (3) the Suttor Creek open cut mine and (4) the Wollombi open cut mine.These four mining operations had sufficient coal reserves to allow their underground and open cut mines to operate at full capacity until 2013 , when, to be able to continue operations at the same level, it required mining of the Eastern Creek extension, using the same workforce and infrastructure. Without the Eastern Creek extension becoming available the mine would not remain commercially viable after 2015 for its underground mine and 2023 for its open cut operations. Although the Eastern Creek and the Northern Underground extensions will prolong mining operations at the Newlands complex to 2042, the mine's annual ROM (run-of-mine) production level will remain constant.
