Exclusive: No panic buying since Appin mine incident due to planned longwall movement in April 2025
- Met Coal Junkie
- Apr 8
- 1 min read
Based on the information in the Appin Mine Annual Review FY24, it is highly likely that a longwall movement (specifically from LW710B to LW711) will occur in April or May 2025 so sufficient stockpiles are available and necessary term volume arrangement would have been done, hence limited panic buying from end-users despite the recent mine incident.
Here’s why:
Current Longwall Activity: Longwall 710B began on 18 June 2024 and is scheduled to continue with an estimated finish in May 2025.
Forecast Plan: Plan 18 shows the FY25 forecast for longwall extraction, which supports the continuation of LW710B through early 2025, including April.
Stated Plans for FY25: The report states that "extraction will continue in the currently approved panels of LW710B and beyond to LW711 subject to all necessary approvals".
Appin North: It has ~1.44 million tonnes of coal stockpile capacity across six stockpiles — mostly for coking coal and RoM coal. This means they can keep feeding WCCPP (coal prep plant) even if underground extraction halts temporarily.
