Grosvenor Coal Mine

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Grosvenor Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Moranbah, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Grosvenor Coal Mine	Moranbah, Queensland, Australia	-21.97420531, 148.01061967 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2015	–

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
7	1.993	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	500*	800

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
67.2	2022	390.4	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Grosvenor	Anglo American PLC [88.0%]; Nippon Steel Corp [5.0%]	UK

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	3	6	6	5	0	1	5

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 Grosvenor coal project is an underground coal mine operated by Anglo Coal Australia, a subsidiary of Anglo American, near Moranbah in the northern region of the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia.

The mine recently resumed operation following a methane explosion in May 2020. Originally, the coal project had a national commissioning date of 2013, to produce 4.3 million tonnes of hard coking coal. The project would cost $1.1 billion to construct and employ 1000 people during construction and 300 when operating.

On its website, Anglo states that the Grosvenor project is a $AUS1.1 billion project which would produce "up to seven million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of run-of-mine (ROM) coal, which would be processed to produce approximately five Mtpa of coking coal for export." The project would be located next to Anglo's Moranbah North mine. The company states that the project will use the longwall mining method to mine coal with an anticipated mine life in excess of 30 years.

Mining Accidents

On 6 May 2020, a methane explosion occurred at Grosvenor Mine, injuring six miners. Ultimately, Anglo made the decision to permanently seal the part of the longwall panel where the methane ignition incident occurred. Operations at the mine remained suspended from the incident date to February 2022, during which time mining development activities — such as significant investment in new equipment, and the development of new technologies — took place in an effort to enhance the safe operation of the mine.

• Operator: Anglo American
• Owners: Anglo American (88%), Nippon Steel (5%), Mitsui & Co. Ltd (4.75%), Nippon Steel Trading Corporation (1.15%), Shinsho Corporation (0.5%), JFE Mineral Co. Ltd (0.5%)
• Location: Moranbah, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -21.97420531, 148.01061967 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 3.03 million tonnes per annum (2022)
• Total Resources: 390.4 million tonnes (2022)
• Mineable Reserves: 99 million tonnes (2022)
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Metallurgical)
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 2016
• Source of Financing:

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