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The Latrobe Valley is significant as the centre of Victoria s energy industry specifically the mining and burning of brown coal to produce electricity The area produces a total of approximately 85% of the electricity for the entire state of Victoria and supplies some electricity to New South Wales and Tasmania
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The port developed by Ancon Australia has been proposed for exports of brown coal from the nearby Latrobe Valley However the port s viability for large scale coal exports is limited by its current size and by the lack of efficient transport between the Latrobe Valley and the port ↑ Coal Mining Just a Year Away Mining Millions The
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The project will involve mining brown coal in the Latrobe Valley building a gasification plant that uses coal to produce hydrogen trucking the gas to the Port of Hastings where it will be liquefied and shipped to Japan — the project is called the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain HESC The Latrobe Valley has a long history of coal projects
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Alyssa Fritzlaff FEDERATION University researchers are using Latrobe Valley s rehabilitated brown coal mines in an investigation into the impacts of climate change Professor Thomas Baumgartl is leading the project which will focus on how changes in rainfall patterns and increased drought will affect rehabilitated mines
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Abstract Since closure of the Hazelwood Power Station in 2024 and the associated Morwell open cut mine the community of the Latrobe Valley have largely come to terms with the coming end of an industry that for almost a century defined their region However the capacity for the community to envisage what comes next has been limited
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Opal Australian Paper is the Latrobe Valley s largest private employer with about 800 direct employees It also produces brown paper at the site and the ABC understands this part of the business
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Brown coal lithotypes in the Latrobe Valley refers to coal banding visible in air dried coal usually seen where moisture losses of ∼2 5% occur in the top few centimeters of the open cut faces Air drying brown coal brings out a layering effect in the coal characterized by variations in colour texture gelification and shrinkage
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LMG s CO 2 emissions estimates for the plant are CO 2 t/tMg Brown coal fly ash Ferro nickel slag LMG s plant is estimated to pr oduce tonnes of CO2 per tonne of Mg 53 % lower than the traditional magnesium producers average emissions of tonnes of CO2 per tonne of Mg LMG produces no CO2 emissions in the production of its SCM
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Coal mining in the Latrobe Valley Australian Geomechanics Society Coal mining in the Latrobe Valley James Faithful and Dr Rob Gaulton The power stations of the Latrobe Valley play a critical role in the generation of over 80% of power supplied to Victoria These power stations rely on extensive deposits of brown coal which underlie the region
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From a humid swamp to a cooler climate how Latrobe Aug 14 2024 About Latrobe Valley brown coal About 430 billion tonnes of brown coal reserve is located in Victoria Eighty percent lies in the Gippsland Basin Brown coal is made up of partially decayed plant trunks branches and stems leaves bark and seed get price
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The Loy Yang and Yallourn mines produce the majority of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley While the majority of coal in the Latrobe Valley is brown coal an estimated million tonnes of black or bituminous coal is located in western Gippsland These deposits are high volatile black coal with medium ash and moisture content GET PRICE >>
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rehabilitation options for Latrobe Valley brown coal mines JM Reeves et al 174 Mine Closure 2024 Brisbane Australia Land Use Strategy Draft DELWP 2024 have also been criticised for being too open ended therefore unrealistically increasing community expectation pers comm As well as capturing visions for potential land
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Responding to a sweeping inquiry into the impact of the brown coal industry on the Latrobe Valley and the fallout of a massive 2024 fire at the Hazelwood mine Premier Daniel Andrews accepted findings that the bond levels were inadequate and risked taxpayers one day being exposed to the eventual costs of rehabilitating the massive mine sites
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Latrobe Valley Brown Coal Mines N2 Victoria Australia contains 25 of the worlds known brown coal reserves Much of the coal is located in thick seams overlain by a thin veneer of sands and clays Three brown coal opencut mines are presently operating in the Latrobe Valley
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Photo about building transport brown waterway energy open victoria skyline 261289587 Aerial View Of The Loy Yang Open Cut Mine And Power Staion Showing The Brown Coal Layers Stock Image Image of building transport 261289587
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The area of brown coal deposits is mostly south of the Latrobe River and extends from just east of Moe to the road between Sale and Stradbroke 52 km Its north south extent measures about 15 km taking in Boolarra and Gormandale In 1977 the State Electricity Commission stated that in 50 years it had used under 1% of proven coal reserves
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Brown coal is produced and utilised almost exclusively in Victorian mines and power stations The Loy Yang Complex and Yallourn W power stations are located in the Latrobe Valley within the Gippsland Region of Victoria the coal is mined from near surface deposits in the Yallourn Morwell and Loy Yang coalfields
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Photo about Loy Yang Power Station in the Latrobe Valley Gippsland Australia Loy Yang uses brown coal from the open cut mine in the foreground Image of valley latrobe power 198609260
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The Latrobe Valley brown coalfields are situated some 150 km east of Melbourne in the State of Victoria Australia The brown coals of the Latrobe Valley were deposited within the Gippsland Basin of Victoria Australia during the Eocene to Late Miocene The coal forms part of a sequence of essentially non marine sands clays and coals
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Latrobe Valley coal mines Earth Resources 02/06/2024 The department s responsibilities include ensuring that the Latrobe Valley open cut brown coal mines comply with established licence conditions The mines form a substantial part of the workload of the department s Gippsland office which includes audits inspections response to community
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The Latrobe Valley contains one of the world s largest coal deposits and nearly 90% of Australia s brown coal reserves It currently produces approximately 72% of the State s electricity Two coal mines/open cuts feed three major power generating stations Loy Yang A Loy Yang B and Yallourn situated in a 30 kilometre zone
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Victoria Australia contains 25% of the world s known brown coal reserves Much of the coal is located in thick seams overlain by a thin veneer of sands and clays Three brown coal open cut mines are presently operating in the Latrobe Valley As a result of the mining activity ground movements can be significant within and around the mines
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Latrobe Valley Mines The Latrobe Valley is the centre of Victoria s energy industry and is responsible for over 80% of the electrical power supplied to the state The mines described below are thermal power stations which convert heat into electricity Subscribe to our newsletter here
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The Hazelwood mine fire which began when a bushfire burned into the brown coal reserve burned for 45 days resulting in plumes of smoke and ash over the neighbouring town of Morwell as
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The nonevaporative brown coal dewatering technologies Mechanical Thermal Expression MTE and Hydrothermal Dewatering HTD are being evaluated in an attempt to increase the efficiency of coal drying compared with current evaporative methods Product waters from each of the three major Latrobe Valley mines were prepared under both MTE
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There are two main reasons Brown coal has very low energy content Latrobe Valley brown coal has a Net Wet Specific Energy of between and MJ/Kg By comparison Bowen Basin black thermal coal has an energy content of around 25 MJ/Kg two to four times more The biggest difference between brown and black coal is moisture content
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hear of the announcement of the opening up for tender to companies to export brown coal from much of the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland In so doing the State Government is making a decision in Melbourne that will have increasingly detrimental affects to the people of the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland as a whole for generations to come
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The Hazelwood Power Station is a decommissioned brown coal fuelled thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria between 1964 and 1971 the 1 600 megawatt capacity power station was made up of eight 200MW units and supplied up to 25% of Victoria s base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia s total electricity demand
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