Hail Creek Mine

Hail Creek Mine 2010 sustainable development scorecard

Area   2010 2011
Employees Male 641 804
Female 105 140
Total 746 944
Saleable production (million tonnes) 7.1 7.3
All injury frequency rate (AIFR) 0.43 1.04
Freshwater use (litres per tonne of product coal) 1995 729
Proportion of recycled water used (%) 66 68
Energy use (gigajoules per tonne of material moved) 0.012 0.015
Greenhouse gas emissions (kg CO2-e per tonne of equivalent material moved) 1.26 1.43
Annual rehabilitation (hectares) 5 35
Annual disturbance (hectares) (not including infrastructure area) 247 32
Proportion of non-mineral waste recycled (%) 66 63
Community complaints 1 1
Community investment (A$) $731,687 $545,749
Spend on suppliers (A$) Local* n/a $192 million on 304 suppliers
Rest of Queensland n/a $407 million on 300 suppliers
Rest of Australia n/a $70 million on 173 suppliers

* Local defined as Mackay, Sarina, Mirani and Nebo (postcode area)

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