Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

2010-2011 AEMREXCUTIVE SUMMARYWambo Coal Pty Limited (WCPL) continued to operate in accordance with its Mining Operations Plans (MOP),Development Consents, Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) and all other approvals during the 2010-2011reporting period.WCPL reported one notifiable environmental incident during the reporting period in relation to an overpressureexceedance from a blast in February 2011.All environmental monitoring undertaken during the reporting period was in accordance with DA 305-7-2003, DA17-8-2004, Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) No.529 and approved management plans.Due to delays in Open Cut operations, WCPL completed no rehabilitation during the reporting period. However,remedial rehabilitation on the North Wambo Creek Diversion (NWCD) was completed, and rehabilitation of NorthEast Tailings Dam (NETD) continued, during the reporting period.The WCPL Open Cut moved a total of 27,583,359 bank cubic metres (bcm) of prime overburden to allow theextraction of 4.015 million tonnes (Mt) of run of mine (ROM) coal during 2010-2011.The WCPL Underground operation extracted a total 4.715 Mt of ROM coal during the 2010-2011 reporting period.A total of 5.68 Mt of product coal was produced by Wambo during the 2010-2011 reporting period.All coal produced from WCPL was railed via the WCPL rail spur and rail line to the Port of Newcastle for export.There was no change in production methods during this reporting period.At the current rates of production and assuming no further mining approvals, the Open Cut and Underground minehas a remaining life of approximately 5 years and 4 years respectively.WCPL received a total of thirty five community complaints during the reporting period.Page ix