1.2.1.1.2 Brown coal
Apart from Loy Yang all of the open-cut mines so far developed in the Latrobe Valley are located in the Yallourn – Morwell area. ... Yallourn North, discovered in 1879, became the location for the first major development of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley, some 18 Mt of coal had been excavated up until 1963 when it closed. Similar quality ...
Brown coal behemoths: Victoria's power stations
With Australia's new carbon tax laws having been passed by the Senate last week, now is a perfect time to look at Victoria's three major coal fired power stations.Located in the Latrobe Valley atop massive reserves of brown coal, together these power stations run 24 hours a day to supply the majority of Victoria's baseload electricity demand, and in the …
WATER | Friends of Latrobe Water
WATER. The mining of brown coal has had an enormous impact on local waterways, including the Morwell and Latrobe Rivers which have been moved numerous times. The …
WHO WE ARE | Friends of Latrobe Water
Friends of Latrobe Water (FLoW) is a group of community members advocating for best-practice rehabilitation of Latrobe Valley coal mines. Members come together from across Gippsland with a shared understanding that the decisions made today regarding the legacy of these sites hold great significance when it comes to the future prosperity, water …
Victoria's Latrobe Valley coal-to-hydrogen pilot project gets …
A world-first pilot project which will turn brown coal from Victoria's Latrobe Valley into hydrogen has been approved by the Victorian environmental watch dog.
Declared mines | Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority
Located to the south of Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley, Loy Yang is Victoria's largest open cut brown coal mine and is owned by AGL Energy. Coal is mined to depth of more than 200m. Loy Yang A power station is scheduled to close in 2035. Photo credit: Loy Yang Aerial Photograph, (ca:1980s) – supplied by AGL ...
Latrobe Valley coal project
The Latrobe Valley coal project is a coal exploration area held by Mantle Mining . In late July 2011 Mantle Mining stated that the area is "area is prospective for both black and …
Latrobe Valley coal mines
Latrobe Valley coal mines. For much of the last 100 years the Latrobe Valley coal mines provided the adjoining power stations with the raw material to …
Friends of Latrobe Water
The Latrobe Valley has powered Victoria for over a century. Now we are left with a legacy of polluting coal ash dumps and three enormous brown coal mines that must be made safe, stable, and rehabilitated. Decisions made now will determine the viability of the region's economy, livability, and environment for many decades to come. To ensure ...
Expert Advice For Latrobe Valley Mine Rehab | Premier
The rehabilitation of the Latrobe Valley's brown coal mines will be steered by experts and locals through the creation of a new authority and a strategy to guide rehabilitation planning and works over the coming decades. Minister for Resources Jaclyn Symes today launched the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority and the Latrobe Valley …
Why are we importing black coal ash from interstate?
waters. In 2021, we released a report 'When the ash settles: a community guide to cleaning up Latrobe Valley's toxic coal ash'. Support for and reuse of brown coal ash was included, however, we did note Victorian EPA does not have guidelines for reusing brown coal ash safely.
Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia: A world class brown coal …
The Yallourn open-pit brown coal mine is the second-largest open-pit mine in Australia and is located in the Latrobe Valley, in the state of Victoria (Fig. 6). Brown coal was deposited in the Gippsland Basin during the Eocene to Late Miocene periods as three stratigraphic layers, namely the Traralgon, Morwell and Yallourn formations …
New authority and strategy for Latrobe Valley mine …
The rehabilitation of the Latrobe Valley's brown coal mines will be steered by experts and locals through the creation of a new authority and a strategy to ... Who We Are Governance The Board is responsible for the governance, general policies and strategic direction of the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority, in accordance with the Mineral ...
Latrobe Valley coal mine rehabilitation bonds
In response to the recommendations in the final report of the reopened Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry, the government increased rehabilitation bonds to better provision for Latrobe Valley coal mine rehabilitation into the future. Rehabilitation bonds have been reviewed and increased in three-stages since the Inquiry.
Latrobe Valley Regional
The Latrobe Valley's three brown coal mines – Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy Yang – have fuelled most of Victoria's electricity generation since 1924. Hazelwood closed in 2017 …
Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia: A world class brown coal …
International Journal of Coal Geology, 23 ( 1993 ) 193-213 193 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia: a world class brown coal deposit C.M. Bartona, C.S. Gloeb and G.R. Holdgatea aState Electricity Commission of Victoria, Geoengineering Division, Mine Technology Department, …
Latrobe Magnesium (ASX:LMG)
Latrobe Valley Projects The Latrobe Valley projects include a Stage 1, Demonstration Magnesium Plant located at Hazelwood North in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, 150km southeast of Melbourne. LMG …
3 local solutions to replace coal jobs and ensure a just …
Three clear priorities for policy makers, however, have emerged from Australia's Hunter Valley region, where coal mines employ about 14,000 workers directly and thousands more indirectly. These ...
Matching Brown Coal to the Next Generation of Latrobe Valley …
In Victoria's onshore Gippsland Basin, geology is driving brown coal developments, and geologists are key decision-makers. Prompted by volatile energy prices and the likelihood of a carbon constrained future, significant work has been carried out on the next generation of technologies to be applied to this giant resource. These include …
Century of power generated right here in Latrobe | Latrobe Valley …
The first recorded discovery of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley was 1873. Sixteen years later, the Great Morwell Coal Mining Company began producing briquettes from brown coal, but could not compete with black coal, so was wound up in 1899.
Why is rehabilitating the Latrobe valley brown coal mines so …
The Geology of the Latrobe Valley Coalfields
WEBThe continued exploration of the major brown coal deposits of the Latrobe Valley has resulted not only in the discovery of huge additional reserves, but also in new concepts …
Latrobe Valley coal power stations could all close between …
A consultancy firm estimates Victoria's three coal-fired power stations will shut between 2026 and 2032 after analysing the work of the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Projects
Stage 1 The Latrobe Valley project is a demonstration Magnesium Plant located at Hazelwood North in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, 150km southeast of Melbourne. LMG has developed a patented process to extract magnesium from magnesium rich resources. Magnesium metal will be extracted from fly ash using a world- first hydrometallurgical …
Brown Coal
In Europe, sub- bituminous coal is also considered to be brown coal. Brown coal, or lignite, is the lowest rank of coal and although it is present in all states of Australia it is most abundant in the Gippsland Basin (Victoria). Smaller amounts of brown coal are also located in the Otway (Victoria), Murray (Victoria/South Australia) and Eucla ...
Latest News | Rehabilitation of the Latrobe Valley Coal Mines
The Latrobe Valley mines and their associated power stations either have closed (Hazelwood 2017) or are scheduled to close (Yallourn 2028 and Loy Yang 2035) with final rehabilitation to follow. ... implementing effective regulatory processes for rehabilitation of open cut coal mines in one of the world's largest brown coal reserves, …
Why is rehabilitating the Latrobe valley brown coal mines …
As thermal power generation comes to an end in the Latrobe valley, the rehabilitation and closure of the three lignite mines has become a 'burning' issue. Hazelwood mine is closed, while Yallourn is now slated for closure in 2028. Loy Yang has plans to continue through to 2048, though the…
Coal cancellation
A DRIVE to establish new industry and jobs using Latrobe Valley's brown coal in non-energy ways is effectively dead, after the state government stopped funding research into the work, a decision denounced as "folly" and …
Latrobe Magnesium successfully produces world's first MgO from brown
Latrobe Magnesium Ltd has announced the completion of commissioning for the first phase of its 1,000 t/y, Stage 1 Demonstration Plant, successfully producing the world's first environmentally sustainable MgO from fly ash – a waste resource from brown coal power generation.
First hydrogen produced from Latrobe Valley coal …
A Japanese consortium hopes the production of hydrogen using coal from the Latrobe Valley in a world-first trial will prove it is possible to export the emerging fuel source. Key points:
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Picture the great coal mines of Latrobe Valley reimagined as a 'world-class' destination — the Great Latrobe Park. SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. EXPLORE THE PARK. OPEN CUT MINES REPURPOSED. Think mines repurposed as lakes, forests, wetlands, parks linked by pathways that encourage creative utilisation of the vast space.