Winchester South Coal Mine

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Winchester South Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Winchester South Coal Mine	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	-22.1508629, 148.1757381 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Permitted	New	2024	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
15	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	160	450

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
–	–	530	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Whitehaven WS Pty Ltd	Whitehaven Coal Ltd [100.0%]	Australia, 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 Winchester South coal project is a proposed coal project in Queensland, Australia. Whitehaven Coal owns in the project. Prior to Whitehaven, Rio Tinto had a 75% interest in Winchester South coal project, with Spectre Group holding a 25% interest.. They sold the project to Whitehaven in 2018.

As of June 2020, Whitehaven has lodged an application for a 15 mtpa open cut mine, and are preparing the draft environmental impact statement. They have many steps to go before the project is approved. The company is hoping to bring the mine into production by 2023.

In 2022, the IEA downsized the apparent size of the project to 8.5 million tonnes per annum

• Sponsor:
• Parent Company: Whitehaven Coal
• Location: Located 30km south-east of Moranbah, in Queensland’s well-established Bowen Basin.
• GPS Coordinates: -22.1508629, 148.1757381 (proposed)
• Status: Proposed
• Production Capacity: 17 mtpa run of mine or 8.5 mtpa
• Total Resource: 530 Mt
• Mineable Reserves: 130 Mt
• Coal type: high quality coking coal
• Mine Size:
• Mine Depth: 150m (max)
• Mine Type: Surface, open cut
• Start Year: 2023
• Source of Financing:

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