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The Saraji Coal Mine is a coal mine located near Dysart in the Central Queensland region of Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 648 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 5 million tonnes of coal. It is located in the Bowen Basin an area with significant coal deposits and numerous mines. Saraji mine utilises open-cast extraction methods. It is owned by the BHP Billiton/Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA). The mine has a total of 11 coal seams.〔 The strikes is on average four km wides and extends for 30 km in a north/south orientation.〔 Prestripping of 42 million cubic metres of overburden each year is conducted by the HSE Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saraji Mine Site (BMA) )〕 Coal is exported via the Goonyella railway line. ==History== Construction work at the site begin in 1972 with the first coal produced in 1974.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saraji )〕 In 2009, the mine won the People’s Choice Award for its feeder blockage removal device at the Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference. Miners at Saraji and six other BMA mines went on strike in February 2012 over working conditions. Work stoppages commenced in 2011. Meetings between union members and BMA began in December 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saraji coal mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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