by R. Drummond, S. Nicol, and A. Swanson*
3 mine and Bayswater coal preparation plant (CPP), located 10 km south of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. The mine is a multiseam truck and shovel operation producing million tonnes of saleable coal annually. Products are treated through two separate streams, the coal preparation plant and a bypass or crushing process, each of