Jellinbah Coal Mine

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Jellinbah Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Bluff, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jellinbah Coal Mine Bluff, Queensland, Australia -23.406874, 148.950644 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1989

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[1] 4.963[2] 2022[2] Surface Open Pit 30 540*

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
196 Bowen Bituminous Met Port of Gladstone

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Golding Contractors NRW Holdings Ltd [100.0%] Australia, Japan, Japan

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[2] 5[2] 5[2] 5[2] 4[2] 5[2] 4[2] 5[2]

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 Jellinbah coal mine, also known as Jellinbah East, is located 90 kilometers east of Emerald in the Bowen Basin of central Queensland, Australia. The Jellinbah mine is owned by Jellinbah East Joint Venture, with Jellinbah Group (or Jellinbah Resources) having 70% interest and Marubeni Coal and Sojitz Coal each with 15% interests.[3]

Anglo American, which is an "associate" of the Jellinbah Group Pty Limited (which was known as "Queensland Coal Mine Management (Pty) Limited" before 2011), owns a 23.3% interest in Jellinbah operations.[4]

  • Operator: Golding Contractors Pty Ltd[5]
  • Owner: Jellinbah Group (70%), Marubeni Coal (15%), and Sojitz Coal (15%)[3]
  • Location: 90 kilometers east of Emerald, near Bluff, Queensland and approximately 300 km from the Port of Gladstone.[3]
  • GPS Coordinates: -23.406874, 148.95064 (exact)
  • Status: Operating[6]
  • Production: 2.08 million tonnes per annum[7]
  • Total Resource:
  • Mineable Reserves: 196 million tonnes (as of 2003)[8]
  • Coal Type: Bituminous PCI Coal and Semi Soft Coking Coal (Metallurgical)[9]
  • Mine Size:
  • Mine Type: Open cut[9]
  • Start Year: 1989[3]
  • Source of Financing:

Expansion

In 2019, the Jellinbah East Joint Venture submitted a proposal titled the "Jellinbah Central North Extension," which proposed an addition of three mining leases to the existing Jellinbah Coal Mine.[10] (The current mine, Jellinbah, encompasses three operating mine areas: Jellinbah Central, operated by Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd (Jellinbah); Jellinbah Plains, a contractor-run operation; and Mackenzie North, operated by Jellinbah.[10]

The expansion is expected to increase production by 1 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) and extend the life of the mine by 20 years. It will produce pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal and minor amounts of thermal coal within the Rangal Coal Measures.[10]

As of 2023, Jellinbah's Central North mine extension has commenced.[11]

Project Expansion Details

  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: +1 Mtpa
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Start Year: 2023
  • Source of Financing:

Contact details

Website: http://www.jellinbah.com.au/

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240205194829/https://im-mining.com/2022/12/22/nrws-golding-picks-up-jellinbah-east-mining-services-contract/. Archived from the original on 05 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 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)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "JELLINBAH COAL MINE," "Jellinbah Group website," accessed June 2020.
  4. Annual Report 2011, page 173, Anglo American, accessed April 2023.
  5. Paul Moore, "NRW’s Golding picks up Jellinbah East mining services contract", International Mining, 12 December 2022.
  6. LEIGHTON SMITH, "No public health alert after COVID-19 positive miner's death," "The Daily Mercury," May 27, 2020.
  7. Annual Report 2022, Anglo American, accessed April 2023.
  8. "Bowen Basin - Operating Coal Mines," "Mining Communities Research Exchange," accessed June 2020.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Jellinbah Mine," "Jellinbah Group website," accessed June 2020.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "CENTRAL NORTH EXTENSION Preliminary Documentation Ver 2," "ARC Environmental Solutions," November 2019.
  11. Central Highlands Major Projects 2022-2023, page 2, Issuu, accessed April 2023.