Australian Covid-19 Coal Mine Capacity Cuts

Company

Mine

Capacity (mn t/yr)

Coal type

Notes

AMCI

Carborough Downs

3.5

coking

suspended board and pillar mining

Anglo American

Dawson

4

coking and thermal

cut one shovel and excavator

Anglo American

Capcoal

6

coking and thermal

scaled back operations to reflect lower demand

BHP

NSWEC

15-17

thermal

reviewing operations to improve sustainability

Coronado

Curragh

12.6

coking

stopped work on expansion plan

EMR/Adaro

Kestrel

6

coking

cut guidance to 6mn t/yr from 6.7mn t/yr

Glencore

All Australian mines

83

thermal and coking

closed for 2-3 weeks over September-October school holidays

Glencore

Glendell

4.5

thermal

remove two of five excavators and lose 60 workers

New Hope

Bengalla

8

thermal

bought forward dragline maintenance

Peabody

Wambo

2.5

thermal

cutting workforce by a third

Peabody

Coppabella and moorvale

4

PCI

stood down contractors and three excavator and shovel units

Peabody

Metropolitan

1.8

coking

cutting workforce by a third

South32

Illawarra

6.5

coking and thermal

stood down 250 contractors

Stanmore Coal

Isaac Plains

2.5

coking

delayed term sales and cut guidance

Terracom

Blair Athol

2.5

thermal

reduced guidance for 2020 and 2021

Whitehaven

All mines

16

thermal

cut guidance and shelved development projects

Yancoal/Peabody

Middlemount

4

PCI and coking

reduced equipment fleet

Yancoal/Glencore

HVO

10

thermal

to close 25 Sept- 17 Oct

Source: Company reports, industry sources