Coppabella Coal Mine

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Coppabella Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Nebo, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Coppabella Coal Mine	Nebo, Queensland, Australia	-21.844554, 148.427187 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1998	2027 (planned)

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
–	3.918	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	430

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
10	2022	134	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture [CMJV]	Peabody Coppabella Pty Ltd [73.3%]; CITIC Australia Coppabella Pty Ltd [14.0%]; Winchester Coal Operations Pty Ltd [7.0%]	USA, China, Japan, Singapore

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	4	4	3	4	3	3	3

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 Coppabella coal mine is an operating metallurgical open cut mine in central Queensland, Australia. The mine is majority-owned by Peabody Energy and has been in operations since 1998. The mine has four pits – Johnson, South, Creek and East Pits.

Mining operations at Coppabella began in June 1998. After ten years of operating under a mining contract, a joint venture led by Macarthur Coal acquired Coppabella in 2008. Macarthur Coal held a 73.3% stake interest in the mine, with the other parties including CITIC Australia Coppabella, KC Resources (Kawasho Corporation), Mapella (Marubeni Corporation), NS Coal (NS Trading), and Winview (Sojitz Corporation).

In 2011, Peabody Energy acquired all of Macarthur Coal, and with it, Coppabella mine and the nearby Moorvale mine. They have been operating the mine ever since. The coal from Coppabella is exported through the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal to global seaborne demand centers.

Though production capacity has been cited as between 4.8 — 5 million tonnes of coal per year, in 2019, 2.2 million tonnes of coal were mined. Coppabella’s last mining lease expires in May 2040.

• Operator:
• Owners: Peabody Energy (73.3%), CITIC Australia Coppabella (14.0%), Marubeni Corporation (7.0%), KC Resources (3.7%), NS Coal (2.0%)
• Location: 140 km southwest of Mackay, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -21.844554, 148.42718
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 2.1 Mtpa
• Total Reserves:
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• Mine Type: Surface
• Workforce:
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