Whitehaven Coal is an Australian coal mining company.

History

Whitehaven Coal was established in February 1999. In September 2000, mining operations commenced at the Canyon open cut mine near

Gunnedah Gunnedah is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of the Gunnedah Shire local government area. In the the town recorded a population of 9,726. Gunnedah is situated within the Liverpool Plains, a fertile agricultu ...

. Further mines were established at

Werris Creek Werris Creek is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, near Tamworth, in Liverpool Plains Shire. It is north of Quirindi and is at the junction of the Main North railway line to Armidale and Moree. At the 2011 census, Werris Creek had ...

in September 2005 and Tarrawonga in June 2006 before the company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in June 2007. In June 2011, Whitehaven was granted approval to operate trains in its own right by the

Australian Rail Track Corporation The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is an Australian Government-owned statutory corporation. It operates one of the largest rail networks in the nation spanning 8,500km across five states, 39 worksites and more than 50 First Nations. ...

to the

Port of Newcastle The Port of Newcastle is a major seaport in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the world's largest coal port. It is made up of facilities located at Port Hunter - Yohaaba in the Hunter River estuary. The port was the f ...

via the

Main Northern railway line The Main North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway) is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Central Coast, Hunter and New England regions. The line was the original main line between Sydney and Brisban ...

. In 2012,

Nathan Tinkler Nathan Tinkler (born 1 February 1976) is an Australian mining industry executive and was previously the principal shareholder of Aston Resources and Whitehaven Coal. He started out as a mining apprentice in the Hunter Valley, in New South Wale ...

made an unsuccessful attempt to take over the company. In 2015, the Maules Creek coal mine opened. The project was controversial and opposed by a coalition for Traditional Owners, farmers and environmentalists.

Assets

Current

mine, opened 2005, 100% shareholding *Tarrawaonga coal mine, opened 2006, 100% shareholding *Sunnyside coal mine, opened 2008, closed 2012, reopened 2017, 100% ownership *

Narrabri Narrabri ( ) is a locality and seat of Narrabri Shire local government area in the North West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia on the Namoi River, northwest of Sydney. It sits on the junction of the Kamilaroi Highway and the Newell Highw ...

coal mine, opened 2012, 78% shareholding * Maules Creek coal mine, opened 2015, 75% shareholding

Former

*Canyon coal mine, opened 2000, closed 2009, 100% ownership *Rocglen coal mine, opened 2008, closed 2019, 100% ownershipRocglen Mine
Whitehaven Coal

References

{{S&P/ASX 200 Coal companies of Australia Companies based in Sydney Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Non-renewable resource companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Australia