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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 ...
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 ...
Once operational it will be the third largest coal mine in Queensland, producing up to 15 million tonnes a year. [1] It has reserves of 514 million tonnes. [5] In September 2020 the Queensland Government granted formal approval. [3] Construction of the mine had begun by April 2022. [6] [7] Productions commenced in June 2023. Construction ...
Environmental approval was granted for Stage 3 in 2019. [9] In 2020, the Oakey Coal Action Alliance appealed to the High Court of Australia. [9] In August 2022, the Queensland government finally gave approval for the mine's expansion. [19] The expansion extends the mine's life by 12 years to 2034. [19] Mining resumed in September 2023. [20]
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 Bowen Basin mine has coal reserves amounting to 1.48 billion tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The Ensham mine had an annual production capacity of 3.2 million tonnes of high-quality thermal coal in 2022. [1] In 2023, the mine was sold to Thungela Resources Limited. [2] It has approval to run ...