Peabody Energy - Careers in the Mining Industry

Metropolitan

Metropolitan is located in the Southern coalfields, about 50 kilometres south of Sydney. The coal leases cover an area of 5195 hectares. The mine currently produces around 1.5 million saleable tonnes (1.65 million tons) of hard coking and semi-hard coking coal per year. Reserves provide for a mine life of more than 20 years at current and proposed levels of production.

Metropolitan is located about 40 kilometres north of the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) and uses this facility to export most of its product. Around 90 percent of coal produced at the mine is exported under contract to customers in Japan, India, South America and Europe. The remaining product is trucked to domestic customers. Metropolitan's customers include major steel producers and industrial consumers in Japan, India, Brazil and Germany.

Significant upgrades have been made to the underground mining equipment and surface infrastructure. This includes the extension of the longwall face width from 135 to 158 metres, and upgrade of the drift conveyor system to 600 tonnes (660 tons) per hour.