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Location | Leigh Creek |
State | South Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 30°29′00″S 138°25′00″E / 30.48333°S 138.41667°E |
Production | |
Products | sub-bituminous coal |
History | |
Opened | 1943 |
Closed | 2015 |
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Telford Cut was an open-cut coal mine, now closed, in the Leigh Creek Coalfield in South Australia. For the 72 years between its opening in 1943 and its closure, the mine supplied sub-bituminous coal to fire power stations first in Adelaide then, from 1954, Port Augusta.[1]: 18 [2] Production ceased in November 2015 but stockpiled product was transported to Port Augusta until the last power station closed down in May 2016.[3]