Saraji East Coal Mine

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Saraji East Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Dysart, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saraji East Coal Mine	Dysart, Queensland, Australia	-22.371371, 148.299848 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	2024	2044 (planned)

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
6	–	–	Underground	Longwall	–	35	500

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
–	–	1134	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	Hay Point Coal Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Pty Ltd	BHP Group Ltd [50.0%]; Mitsubishi Corp [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.

Coal Mine Background

The tenement was granted in 2003 to New Hope Corporation.

BMA acquired the proposed mine in 2008 from New Hope Corporation for a cash consideration of approximately US$1 billion, BHP Billiton share.

In 2012 the proposals for this mine were stopped by the company who cited a "challenging external environment". The applications were withdrawn from Federal Government's environmental approvals process. Prior to this the Saraji East mine was expected to produce 14 million tonnes of metallurgical coal with construction work planned to start in 2015.

On 24 May 2013, BMA applied for a new site-specific environmental authority for coal mining. The Environmental Impact Assessment is being prepared as of June 2020., following the terms of reference for this document being issued in June 2017. The decision date for DES to decide if the EIS is to be released publicly has been extended to 31 October 2020.

The project is proposed by the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and would provide coal for export.

If constructed the mine is expected to have a lifetime of 25 to 30 years.

Logistics

The coal would be exported via the Goonyella rail system that currently runs along the western boundary of the Saraji Mine or along a new greenfield railway. It would then travel 250km to be exported via either the Hay Point Coal Terminal and/or approximately 400 km to the Abbot Point Coal Terminal.

Local Ecological Impact

BMA says that Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) has been identified on site by Queensland Government mapping and confirmed during field surveys. A total of 172 vertebrate fauna species were recorded during the field surveys, comprising 14 amphibians (including one exotic species), 23 reptiles, 108 birds and 27 mammals (including seven exotic species). These included 16 species listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 as endangered, vulnerable or Critically Endangered. They are Ornamental snake, Yakka skink, Southern snapping turtle, Dunmall's snake, Allan's lerista, retro slider, Fitzroy River turtle, Red goshawk, Squatter pigeon (southern), Painted honeyeater, Star finch (eastern), Australian painted snipe, Northern quoll, Ghost bat, South-eastern long-eared bat, Greater glider and Koala.

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