Coal hopper at the site of the Terrace Mine owned by Crusader Coal in the West Coast town of Reefton.

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Coal hopper at the site of the Terrace Mine owned by Crusader Coal in the West Coast town of Reefton. The company, owned by 3 Australians and 2 New Zealanders, bought the mine from the state owned Solid Energy in 2011. The mine was later mothballed, the company citing high production costs. The mine made the news in February 2015 when there was a roof collapse. Nobody was in the mine at the time. When this image was taken in January 2019 there was no sign of either life or coal production. Terrace mine was originally a drift mine but Crusader had said it would use pioneering methods to extract the coal.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Terrace Mine Reefton West Coast New Zealand
Photo credit: © Brian Hartshorn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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