Hail Creek Coal Mine
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Hail Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Glenden, Queensland, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Hail Creek Coal Mine | Glenden, Queensland, Australia | -21.484811, 148.37 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 2003 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 10.784[1] | 2022[1] | Surface | Open Pit | 210 | 60* | 1010[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89[3] | 2022[3] | 1500 | Bowen | Bituminous | Thermal & Met | Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Hail Creek Coal Pty Ltd [4] | Glencore PLC [84.7%]; Marubeni Corp [12.0%] | Switzerland, Japan |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM[1] | 9[1] | 10[1] | 7[1] | 9[1] | 10[1] | 10[1] | 10[1] |
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 Hail Creek mine is a surface mine, operated by Glencore, as part of a joint venture of Glencore, Marubeni Coal, and Sumitomo Corporation, producing 9.4 million tonnes per annum, near Clermont in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. The mine's previous owner, Rio Tinto, held a 71 percent interest in the mine and sold to "customers in Asia and Europe with up to 12 million tonnes of thermal coal per annum."[5]According to the company, "Hail Creek Mine's resources were discovered in 1968 with project feasibility work completed in the 1970s. In 2001 Hail Creek Mine started construction and was officially opened in 2003."[5]
On its website, Rio Tinto states that as of the end of 2008 the mine employed 436 people.[6]
Rio Tinto states that "in 2008 the mine produced more than six million tonnes of hard and semi-soft coking coal. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation 100km to the Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal where it is shipped to international customers. Hail Creek Mine had marketable reserves of 167 million tonnes as at 31 December 2008."[6]
Coal from the mine is transported over 100km by train to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal for shipping overseas.[6]
- Operator: Glencore
- Owners: Glencore (84.67%), Marubeni (12%) and Sumitomo (3.33%)[7]
- Location: Glenden, Queensland, Australia[8]
- Coordinates:-21.484811, 148.37
- Status: Operating
- Production: 9.4 mtpa[8]
- Total Resource: 1500 million tonnes[9]
- Mineable Reserves: 108 million tonnes[9]
- Coal Type: Coking coal (Metallurgical & Thermal)[9]
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Surface, opencast
- Start Year: 2003
- Workforce Size: 940[7]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20240202181124/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coal-industry-review-statistical-tables/resource/bab54159-f38b-4e6f-8652-4b04bca29139. Archived from the original on 02 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.glencore.com.au/operations-and-projects/coal/current-operations/hail-creek-open-cut.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240207173851/https://miningdataonline.com/property/381/Hail-Creek-Mine.aspx. Archived from the original on 07 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.glencore.com.au/dam/jcr:7acc9a30-e18a-45ba-934c-31321de0fa41/Hail%20Creek%20Open%20Cut%20Fact%20Sheet-%20July%202021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rio Tinto, "Hail Creek mine", Rio Tinto website, accessed July 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rio Tinto, "Hail Creek Mine: mining and production", Rio Tinto website, accessed July 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Hail Creek Open Cut", Glencore Australia website, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Glencore, Hail Creek, company website, accessed June 20, 2020
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 2022 Reserves and Resources Report, Glencore, accessed March 2023.
