Millennium Coal Mine

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Millennium Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Millennium Coal Mine	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	-22.029079, 148.259967 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1993	–

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	0.465	2023	Underground & Surface	Mixed	29.84	60*	219*

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
–	–	–	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
MetRes Pty Ltd	M Resources Pty Ltd [50.0%]; Stanmore Resources Ltd [50.0%]	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

Millenium Coal Mine, also known as the Millenium and Mavis Downs Coal Mine is a coal mine in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Peabody Energy Australia formally operated the mine. It ceased operations in May 2020. In April 2021, MetRes Pty, a joint venture of Stanmore Coal and M Resource, acquired the Millennium and Mavis Downs coal mine and appointed a subsidiary M Mining Pty as the operator.

Peabody ceased production in 2020 and in 2021, the new owners opened it and converted it to an underground operation with a 1.2 million tonne capacity.

• Owner: MetRes Pty [Stanmore Coal (50%) and M Resources (50%)]
• Operator: M Mining Pty
• Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -22.029079, 148.259967 (exact)
• Status: Closed (Care and Maintenance)
• Capacity: 1.2 million tonnes per annum
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous (Metallurgical and PCI)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mining Method: open cut
• Start Year: 1993
• Source of Financing:

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