In the 2006 - 2007 financial year, 2.9 million tonnes of coal were carried by rail.
Until 1924, up to 650,000 tonnes of coal was produced.
Just before its closure it was taking out over 500,000 tonnes of coal a year.
By 1981, the plant was consuming 35,000 tonnes of coal per day.
The plant approximately requires 16,000 to 17,000 tonnes of coal per day.
The company exports around 40 million tonnes of hard coal every year.
The station burned approximately 774,000 tonnes of coal a year.
By November 1984 the strike had cost 55.5 million tonnes of coal in lost production.
Each year 50 million tonnes of coal passes through the port.
In the 1950s it produced 14,000 tonnes of coal a week.