Bluff Coal Mine

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Bluff Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Bluff, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bluff Coal Mine	Bluff, Queensland, Australia	-23.58974663, 149.07864429 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	Care and Maintenance	2019	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0.9	0.346	2024	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	315.07176579577*

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
–	–	13.5	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bowen Coking Coal Ltd [100.0%]	Bowen Coking Coal	Australia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	–	–	0.24	0.83	0.22	–	0.48	0.35	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

Bluff Coal Mine is an open-cut mine near the township of Bluff, Queensland, Australia. The Bluff Mine is located in the southern Bowen Basin, near the township of Bluff and 20km east of Blackwater. The mine is adjacent to the Blackwater rail line which connects it to the Port of Gladstone.

The mine, which started coal production in the first quarter of 2019, was placed on care and maintenance in December 2020 due to low coal prices. Then, in October 2021, the Australia-based coal exploration company, Bowen Coking Coal (BCC), signed a deal to acquire the Bluff pulverized coal injection (PCI) mine from mining contractor MACA for $5 million Australian Dollars. The Bluff acquisition was completed in December 2021, and first coal was mined and shipped in June 2022. Bowen's Managing Director and CEO called it "a monumental move for the company as we take the major step from explorer to becoming Australia’s next multi-mine coal producer."

Bluff produces ultra-low volatile PCI coal at a rate of 1 to 1.2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). However, Bowen says it is well on track to beat its production target of five million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) by the end of 2024.

Marketing of Bluff's coal product is handled by a 50/50 marketing joint venture between Bowen Coking Coal and Australia-based metallurgical coal trading company, M Resources.

It was reported on the Bowen Coking Coal website that the decision to place Bluff Mine into "care and maintenance was made in 2023 with final mining completed in November 2023 and final sales reported in March 2024. Optionality exists to extract remaining ~1.5Mt ROM coal".

• Operator: HSE Mining
• Owner: Bowen Coking Coal
• Location: Bluff Township, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -23.58974663, 149.07864429 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 1.2 million tonnes per annum
• Total Resource: 13.5 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: PVCI (Metallurgical)
• Mine Type: Open cut
• Start Year: 2019
• Source of Financing:

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