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Annual Report 2008

Operations Data - Coal

Name of operation Ownership Annual
production
capacity
(full plan
time basis)
100%
production
2008
100%
production
2007
Accounting/
status
Location
Xstrata Coal
Americas
Cerrejón 33.30% 32,000kt 31,231kt 29,626kt Joint venture Colombia
Australia
Cumnock* 90% 0kt 824kt 944kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
Liddell 67.50% 4,900kt 3,032kt 3,182kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
Macquarie Coal JV 
– West Wallsend 80% 2,400kt 1,910kt 1,961kt Joint venture Newcastle
– Westside 80% 700kt 751kt 895kt Joint venture Newcastle
Mount Owen 100% 8,000kt 7,188kt 5,062kt Subsidiary Hunter Valley
Ravensworth Operations 100% 4,300kt 4,255kt 4,042kt Subsidiary Hunter Valley
Ravensworth Underground  70.20% 3,000kt 1,101kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
Oakbridge Group 
– Baal Bone 74.10% 1,800kt 1,220kt 1,481kt Subsidiary Western Coal Fields
– Beltana 68.30% 5,000kt 4,507kt 5,418kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
– Bulga 68.30% 6,000kt 4,819kt 5,267kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
Tahmoor 100% 2,000kt 1,486kt 257kt Subsidiary Southern coal fields
Ulan
– Ulan Underground 90% 6,200kt 6,199kt 3,713kt Joint venture Western Coal Fields
– Ulan Opencut** 90% 0kt 797kt 1,924kt Joint venture
United 95% 2,300kt 2,217kt 2,513kt Joint venture Hunter Valley
Oaky Creek 55% 8,700kt 6,743kt 7,999kt Joint venture Bowen Basin
Newlands
– Thermal 55% 8,600kt 6,277kt 4,741kt Joint venture
– Coking 55% 1,400kt 1,913kt 2,430kt Joint venture Bowen Basin
Collinsville
– Thermal 55% 3,600kt 2,657kt 2,551kt Joint venture
– Coking 55% 1,700kt 1,126kt 1,441kt Joint venture Bowen Basin
Rolleston 75% 8,000kt 7,235kt 6,773kt Joint venture Bowen Basin
South Africa
Southstock Division
– Opencast 79.80% 700kt 681kt 597kt Subsidiary Witbank
– Underground 79.80% 5,000kt 4,647kt 4,472kt Subsidiary Witbank
Mpumalanga Division
– Spitzkop 79.80% 1,400kt 1,108kt 1,017kt Subsidiary Ermelo
– Tselentis 79.80% 1,400kt 1,322kt 1,801kt Subsidiary Breyten
Impunzi Division
– Opencast 79.80% 5,400kt 2,287kt 4,256kt Subsidiary Witbank
– Underground** 79.80% 0kt 1,079kt 2,500kt Subsidiary Witbank
Tweefontein
– Opencast 79.80% 3,500kt 3,481kt 1,557kt Subsidiary Witbank
– Underground 79.80% 2,700kt 2,699kt 3,554kt Subsidiary Witbank
Goedgevonden*** 74% 6,000kt 2,919kt 1,689kt Joint venture Witbank
  • *Current operations completed, decision on remaning reserves pending
  • **Capacity once commisioned
  • ***Planned closure due to the exhaustion of reserves