Commodore Mine
The Commodore mine is an open-pit coal mine located near Brisbane in Australia. The majority stake in the mine is owned by InterGen Australia.[1]
The Mine
Situated around 200 kilometres west of Brisbane in Queensland’s Surat Basin, the Commodore mine is adjacent to the 850 mega-watt coal-fired Millmerran Power Station, to which the mine is the only source of coal fuel supply, having made its first delivery there in February 2003.[1][2]
The Commodore mine employs about 50 staff onsite in total. Almost half the total workforce has been employed from the local community.[1] The mine’s geology is made up of gently folded Walloon coal measures of middle Jurassic age, dipping generally at less than three degrees. Three banded seams are visible: Kooroongarra (up to 3 metres thick), Commodore (averaging 5.2metres thick) and Bottom Rider (between 0.5metres and 0.9metres thick).[1]
By 1 January 1999, Commodore had a thermal coal resource of 177Mt. The mine produced 3.250Mt to 31 December 2005, and has roughly 3.6Mtpa production capacity.[1]
Ownership
- InterGen Australia – 53.69%
- Marubeni Corporation – 30%
- GEC – 6.31%
- EIF Group – 5%
- Tohoku Electric Power – 5%
- Franco-Nevada Corporation - Royalties[1]
References
Coordinates: 27°56′39″S 151°15′30″E / 27.944294°S 151.258300°E