Sonoma Coal Mine

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Sonoma Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Collinsville, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sonoma Coal Mine	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	-20.62, 147.86 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2008	–

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
6	0.832	2021	Surface	–	–	60*	165*

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
46	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	North Queensland Export Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
QCoal	QCoal [100%]	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

The Sonoma Coal Mine is an open-cut coal mine located approximately 6 kilometres south of Collinsville at the northern end of the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia. Sonoma Mine is owned by QCoal, a privately owned Queensland resource company. (QCoal also initiated development of the Sonoma deposit.)

The mine was commissioned in September 2007. As of 2010, it boasted a 170 million tonne resource with mining reserves estimated at 46 million tonnes."

It comprises a part of the QCoal Northern Hub, which also includes the Cows coal mine, Drake coal mine, and Jax coal mine.

Coal from Sonoma Mine is railed to Abbot Point Coal Terminal for export.

• Operator: Thiess
• Owner: QCoal Group
• Location: 6 km south of Collinsville in the northern Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -20.615190, 147.855443 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal & Met)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2007
• Workforce Size: 250
• Source of Financing:

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