Established in 1993 as a joint
venture among major
international companies and
their Australian subsidiaries,
Ensham Resources Pty Limited is
one of Queensland’s largest and
fastest growing thermal coal
producers.
Ensham Resources produces around
9 million tonnes per annum of
high energy low ash thermal coal
and small quantities of semi
soft coking coal. The coal is
exported to leading energy
producers in Japan, Korea, India
and China and other countries.
A major producer in its own
right, the company aims to more
than double annual sales to
20 million tonnes by the end of
this decade to harness its
considerable resources currently
estimated at around one billion tonnes. |
|
Location
The Ensham project is a
major open cut coal operation in
the western Bowen Basin
approximately 40 km northeast of
the regional centre Emerald in
the Central Queensland
coalfields. Emerald is some 200
km west of Rockhampton.
The Bowen Basin is Queensland’s
premier coal producing region,
estimated to contain more than
70% of the state’s total coal
reserves and accounting for
approximately 85% of the state’s
total coal exports.
Ensham has vast resources totalling 1 billion
tonnes of mostly high energy,
low ash thermal coal, with
significant quantities of semi
soft coking coal.
|
|
|
|
Ensham Resources Pty
Limited
GPO 814
Brisbane QLD 4001
Ph +61 7 3221 1201
Fax +61 7 3221 1225
enquiries -
enquiries@ensham.com.au |
Ensham Resources Minesite
PO BOX 1565
Emerald QLD 4720
Ph +61 7 4987 3601
Fax +61 7
4987 3622
|
|
Recruitment
Ensham Resources is Queensland’s third
largest thermal coal producer and is
planning to expand its operations
significantly in coming years with a
proposed future underground mine in
addition to continued expansion of its
open cut operations.
As a result, Ensham offers a wide range
of career opportunities for a broad
range of professionals, skilled and
semi-skilled workers. These include -
but are not restricted to - positions
for electrical, fitter and mechanical
tradespeople, machinery operators,
mining engineers, environmentalists,
accountants and geologists.
In addition to placing experienced
workers, Ensham provides a number of
direct traineeships, apprenticeships and
a graduate trainee scheme to place
graduates and a limited number of school
leavers.
It is also part of a local working party
to attract skilled people to the region,
offers scholarships to talented
individuals interesting in a mining
career and helps local schools obtain
industry exposure for their students to
help them plan their future studies and
career goals.
Please Note:
We are not
currently hiring. No vacancies for
equipment operators.
The operator of the mine, Ensham
Resources Pty Limited, together with the
company’s marketing arm, Ensham Coal
Sales are based in Brisbane. Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd and its Australian subsidiary,
Bligh Coal Limited which together own
85% of the joint venture, J-Power Australia
Pty Ltd which holds a (10%) share and LG
International (Australia) Pty Ltd which
makes up the remaining 5% of the joint
venture.
Idemitsu is one of the world’s largest
privately owned energy companies with
major investments in oil refineries and
petroleum products, primarily in Japan.
J-Power (formerly Electric Power
Development Corporation – EPDC) is one of
Japan’s largest power utilities. LG
International is one of Korea’s largest
diversified conglomerates with interests
in a vast array of international
businesses including electronics. Bligh
Coal is a 100% subsidiary of Idemitsu.
This joint venture arrangement helps
provide Ensham with ready access and
long term contracts with end-users in
some of the world’s most important
thermal coal markets.
As of 2005, Ensham employs Ensham
employees and contractors to
produce around 9 million tonnes per
annum of high energy thermal coal. The
company aims to more than double annual
production to 20 million tonnes with
continued expansions of the pit
operations and the planned development
of a longwall underground operation by
2009. This would make Ensham
Queensland’s largest thermal coal
exporter.
In its relatively short history,
Ensham has developed a solid reputation
as a highly productive operation noted
for best practice in the areas of
Health, Safety and Environmental
excellence.
Ensham is also a valued member of the
local community and is a keen supporter
of regional and community development
through its participation in a range of
industry initiatives and as a member of
the Queensland Resources Council. Ensham
CEO,
John Pegler is the current president
of the QRC.
Ensham has its own modern
infrastructure for coal handling and
loading and has in place the necessary
contracts with Queensland Rail and the
Central Queensland Ports Authority to
transport its coal to the nearest port
at Gladstone and direct to end user
customers within Queensland.
The majority of Ensham’s product is
exported to overseas power stations and
steel mills where it has strong
relationships through its joint venture
partners. The company also sells limited
quantities of thermal coal to Queensland
power stations.
The process of delivering coal to
customers, and the required
infrastructure, is as follows:
Coal Handling and Loading Facility:
Ensham’s coal handling facility crushes
the raw coal and sorts coal into
specific size fractions required by
customers, using a series of vibrating
sizing screens. Each coal product type
is then stockpiled using Ensham’s three
45,000 tonne stockpiles. Coal is
reclaimed for loading onto trains using
reclaim tunnels located beneath the
stockpiles, and is transported to the
Rail Loadout using 4,000 tonne per hour
conveyors. Coal is then loaded onto
trains from the Rail Loadout using a 500
tonne overhead bin.
Railing of Coal: Trains of
approximately 7,000 tonnes capacity
arrive at the Ensham site using a 15km
dedicated spur line and balloon loop.
Trains loaded with export coal then
travel 339km to the Port of Gladstone,
while domestic products are railed to
unloading facilities within the power
station customers’ facilities.
Exporting Coal: Coal which is unloaded
at the Port of Gladstone is stored in a
series of dedicated Ensham stockpiles,
and reclaimed in specific proportions in
order to produce a variety of product
blends. Coal is then loaded and exported
using vessels of up to 160,000 tonnes
capacity.
Annual payments to Queensland Rail and
the Central Queensland Ports Authority
are in the order of $100 million per
annum at current production rates. This
is in addition to the substantial
royalty income earned by the State on Ensham’s coal sales.
Ensham is currently negotiating with the
rail authorities to secure an increase
in rail capacity to support its future
open cut and underground expansion.
|
|
