Yarrabee coal mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Yarrabee Coal Mine | |
| Location | Jellinbah |
| Queensland | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°16′23″S 149°1′22″E / 23.27306°S 149.02278°ECoordinates: 23°16′23″S 149°1′22″E / 23.27306°S 149.02278°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Coking coal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Yancoal |
The Yarrabee Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Bowen Basin in Jellinbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 180.6 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3.2 million tonnes of coal.[1]
Coal is exported to Asia for the production of steel via road to the Blackwater railway system and then to the Port of Gladstone.[2]
The open-cut mine is owned by the Chinese Government-owned Yancoal.[3]
After Cyclone Oswald caused severe flooding in Queensland in January 2013 the owners declared force majeure. While production at the mine was only halted for one day, the railway used to transport the coal to port was damaged.[4]
See also
- Coal mining in Australia
- List of mines in Australia
References
- ↑ "Yarrabee Coal Mine". yancoal.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ "Yarrabee". Yancoal. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ↑ Owen Jacques (26 March 2013). "Yancoal dispatches its razor gangs to coal mines". The Chronicle (Toowoomba Newspapers). Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ↑ Cole Latimer (4 February 2013). "Yancoal declares Force Majeure". Australian Mining (Cirrus Media). Retrieved 18 June 2014.