As of 2022 there were 86 coal mines in Queensland.[1]
Mine Name | Company | Mine Type | Basin | Operations began | Production (Mt/a) | Use | Coal type | |
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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 | Thermal | |
Meandu | Stanwell Corporation[5] | Open-cut | Tarong | 1983 | 7 | Domestic | Thermal | |
Kogan Creek | CS Energy[6] | Open-cut | Surat | 2007 | 2.8 | Domestic | Thermal | |
Dawson | AngloAmerican Coal[7] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1961 | 9 | Export | Coking & Thermal | |
Olive Downs | Pembroke Resources[8] | Open-cut | Bowen | 2023 | 15 | Export | Coking | |
Blackwater | BHP Mitsubishi Alliance[9] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1967 | 13 | Export | Coking & Thermal | |
Blair Athol | TerraCom[10] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1984 | 12.9 | Export | Thermal | |
Burton | Peabody Energy[11] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1995 | 4.3 | Export | Coking | |
Cameby Downs | Yancoal[12] | Open-cut | Surat | 2010 | 2 | Export | Thermal | |
Carmichael | Adani Group[13] | Open-cut | Galilee | 2021 | 10 | Export | Thermal | |
Collinsville | Glencore[14] | Open-cut | Bowen Basin | 1919 | 6 | Export & Domestic | Coking & Thermal | |
Coppabella | joint venture with Peabody Energy as majority owner[15] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1998 | 4.2 | Export | Coking | |
Curragh | Coronado Global Resources[16] | Open-cut | Bowen | 2004 | 8.5 | Export & Domestic | Thermal | |
Ensham coal mine | Sungela | Open-cut | Bowen | - | 3.2 | Export & Domestic | Thermal | |
Foxleigh coal mine | joint venture between QMetco, POSCO and Nippon Steel[17] | Open-cut | Bowen | 1999 | 3.1 | Export | Coking |