Wollongong Resources Pty Ltd is an Australian mining business which owns and operates Russell Vale Colliery and Wongawilli Colliery in the Southern Coalfields Region of New South Wales.
Wollongong Resources Pty Limited operates two underground metallurgical coal mines within the Illawarra region.
Adequate environmental protection and safety measures are taken as per the Australian standards.
Wollongong Resources is committed to constructively engaging with the local community.
There is little doubt that the First Nations people had burnt coal long before the British arrived in this country in the 18th century. The first written record of coal in the Illawarra was in May 1797 by a group of shipwrecked sailors. The sailors were making their way on foot along the east coast to Port Jackson when they found coal near Austinmer, which led to identification of coal seams from Coalcliff to Austinmer, and then further south into the Illawarra.