Kogan Creek Coal Mine

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Kogan Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kogan Creek Coal Mine	Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia	-26.9384276, 150.7743816 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2007	–

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
2	2.589	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	80

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
310	–	400	Surat Basin	Subbituminous	Thermal	Kogan Creek power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	2	2	2	1	2	2	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

Kogan Creek Coal Mine is an open-cut mine owned by CS Energy in the Surat Basin, Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia.

The mine provides power to the 750 MW Kogan Creek power station. The Kogan Creek mine is operated by CS Energy. Kogan Creek Mine is an open cut mine located in the Surat Basin of Southern Queensland, approximately 15km south of the township of Brigalow.

Kogan Creek power station is a single-unit coal-fired power plant with a capacity of 750 MW. The plant was completed in 2007. An A$90 million overhaul of the plant was conducted between July 2019 and September 2019.

• Operator: Golding Contractors Pty Ltd
• Owner: CS Energy
• Location: Surat Basin, Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -26.9384276, 150.7743816 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 2.8 mtpa
• Mineable Reserves: 310 Mt
• Total Resources 400 million tonnes (Measured and Indicated Resource)
• Coal type: Subbituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface, Opencast
• Start Year: 2007
• Source of Financing:

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