Clifford Coal Mine

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Clifford Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Wandoan, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Clifford Coal Mine Wandoan, Queensland, Australia -25.751851, 149.662081 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Cancelled

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.
Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
5 Surface 50* *

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt) Year of Total Reserves Recorded Total Resources (Mt) Coalfield Coal Type Coal Grade Primary Consumer/ Destination
630 Surat Subbituminous Thermal Port of Gladstone

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Clifford Joint Venture[1] Stanmore Resources Ltd [60.0%]; Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security [40.0%] Australia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

The Clifford coal project is a proposed open-cut thermal coal mine.[2] The proposed site lies in an area heavy with mining proposals in the Surat Basin, north west of Wandoan, Queensland, Australia.[2]

As of 2022, without any recent developments, the project appears cancelled. The Clifford project covers approximately 820 square kilometres in Queensland’s highly prospective Surat Basin, near Stanmore Resources’ Range coal project. The project is a joint exploration initiative between Stanmore (60%) and Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC; 40%).

The Stanmore Coal website suggests that the coal would be exported via the Port of Gladstone to Japanese power stations.[2]

  • Operators: Stanmore Resources Ltd. (60%), the Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (40%)
  • Owners: Stanmore Resources Ltd. (60%), the Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (40%)
  • Location: North west of Wandoan[2]
  • GPS Coordinates: -25.751850, 149.662081 (exact)[2]
  • Status: Cancelled
  • Production Capacity: 5 mtpa[2]
  • Total Resource: 630 million tonnes[3]
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Coal Type: Thermal[2]
  • Mine Size: 820 km2[2]
  • Mine Type: Opencast[2]
  • Start Year:
  • Source of Financing: The Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation[4]

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References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052930/https://stanmore.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stanmore-Resources-Annual-Report-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Stanmore Coal, "Clifford Project Overview", Stanmore Coal website, accessed 7 January 2020.
  3. 2022 Annual Coal Resources and Reserve Summary, Stanmore Resources website, 27 Feb. 2023.
  4. Future Seas, "Stanmore Coal increase of Clifford Project resource", Future Seas website, 30 January 2016.