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Premier coal mine in Western Australia, 2022 Maules Creek coal mine, 2014 Coal mining in Australia has been criticized, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] due to carbon dioxide emissions during combustion. This criticism is primarily directed at thermal coal , for its connection to coal-fired power stations as a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, and the link ...
Mine Name Company Mine Type Basin Operations began Production (Mt/a) Use Coal type Jeebropilly Mine: New Hope Group [2] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 1982: 0.5: Export: Thermal Commodore: Intergen [3] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 2003: 3.6: Domestic: Thermal New Acland: New Hope Group [4] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 2002: 4.2: Domestic & Export ...
As of 1 December 2023, the Mining and Energy Division no longer exists. It consisted of a number of unions which had amalgamated. The largest union to contribute to the formation of the division was the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation (ACSEF) (often known as the Miners Federation) which had a continuous history dating back to 1915.
The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) is Australia's main trade union in the coal industry, which includes mines, power stations and ports.It also covers workers in the metalliferous mining and exploration industries, as well as specific classes of workers working in the oil, gas, nuclear, chemical production and power generation industries. [2]
The Dawson coal mine lies in the Baralaba Coal Measures of the Bowen Basin. [1] Coking, soft coking and thermal coal have all been produced at the mine. [2] Anglo American has owned the mine since mid-2002. [1] Mining in the area began in 1961 in what was known as the Moura Mine. The mine was the first to export a shipment of Queensland's ...
The Grassy Mountain Coal Project was a proposed open-pit mine to produce metallurgical coal, initially submitted to the Alberta Energy Regulator by the Australian-based Benga Mining in 2015. The proposed mine was located on a previously abandoned mine site near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta , Canada in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Peak Downs Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in Queensland located 31 km SSE of Moranbah. [1] Peak Downs is one of seven mines in Bowen Basin owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, Australia's largest coal miner and exporter. Production at Peak Downs started in 1972. By 2022 it was producing 37 million tonnes of coal per year. [2]
In the 2006-07 financial year mining contributed 9% of Queensland's gross state product (GSP). [18] Queensland has significant coal, coal seam gas and bauxite deposits and some oil shale and natural gas reserves. Coal production in the 2008-09 financial year totalled 159 million tonnes leading to exports to 38 countries. [19]