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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
Australia is the fourth-largest coal producing country in the world. Newcastle is the largest coal export port in the world. In 2005, Australia mined 301 million tonnes of hard coal (which converted to at least 692.3 million tonnes of co2 emitted [21]) and 71 million tonnes of brown coal (which converted to at least 78.1 million tonnes of co2 ...
The first Australian mining laws were enacted in 1851. [1] Before that, ownership of minerals and petroleum passed to those who were granted title to land by the colonial governors according to common law concepts, except the right to "Royal Mines" (the precious metals of gold and silver) which remained vested in the Crown by virtue of Royal prerogative.
Situated around 200 kilometers west of Brisbane in Queensland's Surat Basin, the Commodore Mine is adjacent to the 850 mega-watt coal-fired Millmerran Power Station, to which the mine is the only source of coal fuel supply, having made its first delivery there in February 2003. [1] [4] The Commodore mine employs about 50 staff onsite in total.
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.
In 2019-20 Australia exported 390 Mt of coal (177 Mt metallurgical coal and 213 Mt thermal coal) and was the world's largest exporter of metallurgical coal and second largest exporter of thermal coal. [3] Despite only employing 50,000 mining jobs nationally, coal provides a rich revenue stream for governments. [4] Premier coal mine in Western ...
Women of the Coal Rushes. University of New South Wales Press. p. 47. ISBN 9781742232218. Rands, William Henry; et al. (1900). Report of the Royal Commission on Accidents in Coal Mines (PDF). Brisbane: Royal Commission on Accidents in Coal Mines (Queensland). van de Wetering, Jodie (7 May 2010). "Digging up Burrum's coal mining history". ABC ...
Meandu Mine is a coal mine west of Yarraman in Neumgna, Queensland, Australia. The open-cut mine supplies coal to Tarong Power Station and Tarong North Power Station. It is owned by Stanwell Corporation and operated by Downer Mining. Work first started on the mine in 1978. [1] The mine has five active working pits.