Yancoal Australia Ltd. engages in the identification, development, and operation of coal related resources. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 3,900 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2012-06-28. The Company’s business activity is the production of thermal and metallurgical coal for use in the power generation and steel industries in Asian markets. The company owns and operates several mines and mine sites across Australia. The company owns or operates eight producing coal mines across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. Its mines include Moolarben, Mount Thorley Warkworth, Hunter Valley Operations, Ashton, Yarrabee, Cameby Downs, Middlemount, and Premier Coal. Its thermal coal is primarily used in electricity generation and its end users are typically power and utilities companies. The Moolarben Coal Complex is located approximately 40 kilometers north of Mudgee in Western Coalfields of New South Wales. Mount Thorley Warkworth is an integrated operation consisting of the open cut coal mining operations of Mount Thorley Operations and Warkworth Mine.
