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Australian coal is either high-quality bituminous coal (black coal) or lower-quality lignite (brown coal). [11] Bituminous coal is mined in Queensland and New South Wales. It is used for both domestic power generation and is exported. Mining is underground or open-cut. The coal is transported by rail to power stations or export shipping ...
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
Coal mines - current or former - as well as facilities related to coal mining Pages in category "Coal mines in Queensland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
By international standards Queensland has no significant oil reserves. [13] The first commercial production of oil in Australia began at Moonie in 1962. [14] Further oil deposits were discovered in South West Queensland in the 1980s. [15] Australia's largest onshore oil field is the Jackson oil field. [16] An oil pipeline runs from Jackson to ...
The Yarrabee Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Bowen Basin in Jellinbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 180.6 million tonnes of Thermal and Coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3.2 million tonnes of coal.
The mine was the first to export a shipment of Queensland's coking coal to Japan. [2] It was also the first mine to introduce draglines into its operation in 1963. [3] The coal is exported by Gladstone to the Barney Point and R G Tanna coal terminals. [1] Dawson coal mine has implemented an extensive rehabilitation program. [4]
The Moranbah North Coal Mine is a coal mine in the Bowen Basin at Moranbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 261 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 8 million tonnes of coal. [1]
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]