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Belview Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Blackwater, Queensland, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Belview Coal Mine | Blackwater, Queensland, Australia | -23.587132, 148.977385 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelved | Exploration | New | 2027 (planned) | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | – | – | Underground | – | – | 500* | * |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 330 | – | Bituminous | Met | Port of Gladstone |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Stanmore Resources Ltd[1] | Stanmore Resources | Singapore |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The Belview coal project is a proposed underground metallurgical coal mine to be located 10 kilometers from Blackwater in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia.[2]
Although Belview resources are listed on company reports, no further exploration or permitting of the project has been considered in more than 6 years, suggesting a development project is shelved. The exploration of this mine is being funded by A$1.5-million exploration support from Japan’s Taiheiyo Kouhatsu that provides funding for resource drilling. This is the third such funding arrangement for a Stanmore site since 2012. Under the combined rights of the current exploration support agreement, and the first exploration support agreement at Belview, Taiheiyo Kouhatsu had the entitlement to purchase up to 200 thousand tonnes per year of production from Belview, over the first five years of operations. Within this arrangement, the first 225 thousand tonnes of coal purchased would be priced at A$2/t discount to the Japanese settlement price, which prevailed at the time of the agreement.[3]
Originally, Stanmore planned for first coal production in 2018 and aimed to ramp up to full longwall production from 2020. However, as of 2023, there has been no recent news of development.[4]
The coal will be exported via the Blackwater rail line, which runs adjacent to the proposed site, to the Port of Gladstone for export.[2]
- Operator: Stanmore Coal[2]
- Owner: Stanmore Coal[2]
- Location: 10km south-east of Blackwater, Queensland, Australia[2]
- GPS Coordinates: -23.587132, 148.977385 (exact)
- Status: Shelved
- Production Capacity: 3.5 mtpa[3]
- Total Resource: 330 million tonnes[5]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Coking coal (Metallurgical)[5]
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Underground longwall mining[2]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://www.stanmore.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1982579%20-%202019%20Annual%20Report.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Stanmore Coal, "Belview Project", Stanmore Coal website, accessed 14 November 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mining Weekly, "Stanmore secures more funding for Belview exploration", 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Belview Mining Study Completed", Mining Business Media, accessed March 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 2022 Annual Coal Resources and Reserve Summary, Stanmore Resources website, 27 Feb. 2023.
