Processing involves crushing, screening and beneficiation.

Processing takes place at Griffin Coals Ewington Mine. It is a process wherein coal is converted
from Run of Mine to a product that meets the customers requirement.

Crushing

Mined coal can include lumps up to a metre in size, so crushing to a manageable size is required.
Coal crushing can include a two stage process dependant on deposit size.

Crush One: Feeder Breaker

Coal is crushed in a feeder breaker, a chain conveyor under a toothed drum that breaks the
biggest lumps.

Crush Two: Sizer

Coal size is further reduced through a sizer, where each oversize particles are reduced to less
than 75 millimetres.

Screening

Screening is used to separate different sizes of crushed coal. In this process coarse and fine coal
is separated so to accommodate for specific markets and industrial usage. Screening takes place
at a processing plant adjacent to Ewington Mine.

Griffin Coals screened coal is ideal for burning in horizontal kilns. In these kilns uniform
particle grading is used to create even combustion along the length of the kiln. Coarser coal is
also required by customers who burn coal in gratefired applications.

Beneficiation/Washing

Beneficiation has been trialled at Ewington. During beneficiation, coal is processed to remove
impurities reducing ash and sulphur thereby improving the market value of the coal.
Beneficiation can improve the quality of contaminated coal that would otherwise be wasted.

Most cleaning processes involve washing the coal in order to separate coal particles from stone
particles as coal is considerably lighter.

Charring

Coal can be charred, a process wherein hydrogen and oxygen are removed from the coal to make
it purer form of carbon. Once processed according to specifications, coal is loaded and
transported accordingly.