Coal Supply
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The Cornwall Coal Company, a subsidiary of Cement Australia, is the major supplier of coal mined in Tasmania. The company currently mines black coal from underground and open cut mines and operates a coal washing and processing plant, with the main facilities located near St Marys in North-eastern Tasmania and at Hamilton in South-eastern Tasmania.
The product is transported to a washery at Duncan Siding near Fingal and from the Duncan Colliery at Fingal. Most of the washed coal is transported by rail to the major consumers: Cement Australia at Railton and the Norske Skog newsprint mill at Boyer.
Production of raw coal in 2006/07 totalled 538,632 tonnes, with 406,346 tonnes of saleable coal being produced. The company has reported they have sufficient reserves of coal for the foreseeable future.
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