Gemini Coal Mine

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Gemini Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Dingo, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gemini Coal Mine	Dingo, Queensland, Australia	-23.625986, 149.257487 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	2025 (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
1	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	*

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
–	–	99.2	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	Port of Gladstone

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Magnetic South	Magnetic South [100%]	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

Gemini Coal Mine is a proposed open-cut coal mine planned for 6 kilometres west of Dingo township and 120 kilometres west-southwest from Rockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia. Gemini Mine is a small-scale project that will provide metallurgical coal to the international steel making industry. The coal will be transported by a surface conveyor from the product stockpiles to a train load out facility and rail loop connecting to the Blackwater-Gladstone Branch Rail to coal terminals at Gladstone for export.

The mine's owner-operator, Magnetic South, anticipates a 25-year project lifespan, with a yield of up to 1.9 million run-of-mine (ROM) tonnes per annum.

Mine construction activities were originally scheduled to commence in July 2021, subject to grant of the Project ML and environmental authority (EA), however, a land dispute has delayed this. (The company holds a pre-existing tenure that sits over the property of Allan and Jane Vaughn, who own organic beef property Red Rock Park.) If Magnetic South wins its case over the Vaughns in the Land Court, its next step would be to apply for a mining lease through the Department of Resources and then get a final tick of approval from the Resources Minister.

• Operator: Magnetic South
• Owner: Magnetic South
• Location: Central Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -23.6260, 149.2575 (approximate)
• Mine Status: Proposed
• Start Year:
• Production Capacity: 1.9 million tonnes per annum
• Total Resource: 99.2 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Metallurgical)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mine Size:
• Workforce Size:
• Source of Financing:

Environmental Controversy

In November 2022, the Gemini coal mine project gained publicity for being one of several projects located in Great Barrier Reef catchments and floodplains that was exempted from needing an environmental impact statement (EIS) by the Queensland government because it is proposed it would produce less than two million tonnes of coal a year. Without an EIS, the public could be excluded from providing comments on the project's terms of reference. This would instead leave the mining company to largely define what issues they address in their environmental assessments.

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