power plant another red herring, page-13

Tricha,
From looking at their maps and the Google satellite image, the Warrior mine (Washington open pit area)is about 5 km east of the plant as the crow flies, and about 12km if the crow has to drive an ore truck.
I rang the mine (07 4787 8300), and they said that the Warrior Mine and the Mill are on two completely different and independent supply circuits. The Mill has a 5MW circuit but the mine has only 750KW, upgrading to 3 MW. They said they have been trying for over 12 months to get Ergon to upgrade the powr circuit - Ergon is a QANGO that trundles along at its own pace. Lack of power has been a real issue in upping production for over a year.