Glencore: Fuelling demand
Coal trucks at the Newlands coal mine, QLD. All images: Glencore. BY CAMERON DRUMMOND ON the back of resurgent coal prices, mining giant Glencore has boosted output and looked at expanding its Australian portfolio. One of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, Glencore is a major producer of Australian coal, with 12 active mining operations across NSW and QLD employing about 7000 personnel. Its QLD operations employ more than 2900 personnel across five projects in the Bowen Basin – Clermont, Rolleston, Oaky Creek, Newlands and Collinsville. In NSW, 4750 personnel are employed across four coalfields – Hunter Valley, Newcastle, Western Districts and Southern Districts. During 2016, the Swiss-based miner produced 67.6 million tonnes (mt) of coal in Australia,…