Bengalla, located four km south west of
Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley region of New
South Wales, supplies international markets with
up to six million tonnes of thermal coal per
annum.
Bengalla is an open cut mine, using a dragline
truck and shovel method. 267 employees (as at 31
December 2008) work in shifts to keep the mine
operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Bengalla is a suburb of Hunter Valley, New South
Wales and is about 180 kms north of NSW's capital
city of Sydney.