Jeebropilly Mine

Jeebropilly Mine
Location
Jeebropilly Mine
Location in Australia
Location Amberley
State Queensland
Country Australia
Coordinates 27°39′14″S 152°39′54″E / 27.654°S 152.665°ECoordinates: 27°39′14″S 152°39′54″E / 27.654°S 152.665°E
Owner
Company New Hope Coal

The Jeebropilly Mine is an open pit coal mine in the Moreton Basin near Amberley in South East Queensland. The mine is owned by New Hope Coal.

The mine ceased operations after 25 years of extraction in February 2007. The mine's closure left one operating mine in Ipswich.[1] To offset the loss of production from Jeebropilly Mine, New Hope expanded mining at the New Acland Mine.[2] The coal-washing plant at Jeebropilly continued to operate so that coal from New Oakleigh Mine could be processed.[1]

The mine was recommissioned in 2008 due to high export prices for coal.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Coal Mining Then & Now" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  2. "Bit of a stretch". The Australian. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  3. "New Hope to increase coal output". The Australian. News Limited. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-04.