Operator
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the New Hope Group Quarterly Activities Report August to October 2025 Quarter 1. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Rob Bishop, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead.
Robert Bishop
Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining our call today. I’m Rob Bishop, Chief Executive Officer of New Hope Group. I’m joined here by Rebecca Rinaldi, our CFO; and Dom O’Brien, our Executive General Manager and Company Secretary.
This morning, we released our quarterly report for the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, which includes our guidance for the year ahead. Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to go through the report. But in any case, I’ll briefly step you through our key highlights before we open up the line for the Q&A.
It’s been a solid start to the 2026 financial year. Most importantly, our safety performance continues to improve with our 12-month moving average TRIFR decreasing to 2.63 at the end of the quarter, which was 18% lower than the previous quarter. It’s pleasing to see our safety measures improve our successive quarters, and we continue to make this a key priority.
Operationally, both sites performed well during the first quarter. We moved 17.1 million bcms at prime overburden, a 6% increase from the previous quarter, driven by improving mine conditions. In addition, we produced 2.7 million tonnes of saleable coal, an increase of 7% compared to the previous quarter, largely reflecting
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