Stratford Duralie is a

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal i ...

mine located in the

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. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 322.3 million tonnes of

coking coal Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content. It is made by heating coal or petroleum in the absence of air. Coke is an important industrial product, used mainly in iron ore smelting, but also as a fuel in stoves ...

, one of the largest coal reserves in

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and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 5 million tonnes of coal. Stratford is preparing to finish coal extraction in 2024 and will transition to closure upon completion of mining operations. The closure of Stratford is consistent with the planned and approved life of mining for the operations. Stratford will have exhausted its approved commercial coal reserves in 2024.

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