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Whitehaven shooting for 6Mtpa from Daunia

WHITEHAVEN Coal expects its newly acquired Daunia coal mine in Queensland to achieve average run-of-mine production of 6 million tonnes per annum and saleable production of 4.9Mtpa over the next five years.

Daunia's RoM production is expected to return to long-term averages supported by lower strip ratios.

Daunia's RoM production is expected to return to long-term averages supported by lower strip ratios.

This follows two years of COVID-19 and wet weather-related constraints that hampered production. Whitehaven said in an investor presentation that Daunia was a fully autonomous site with productivity...

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