Broadmeadow East Coal Mine

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Broadmeadow East Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Moranbah, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Broadmeadow East Coal Mine	Moranbah, Queensland, Australia	-21.821914, 148.156108 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2022	–

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	0.72843	2025	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	370

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
1.5	2024	30	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bowen Coking Coal Ltd [90%]; MPC Lenton Pty Ltd [10%]	Bowen Coking Coal Ltd [90%]; MPC Lenton Pty Ltd [10%]	Australia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.02	–	0.73

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

Broadmeadow East Coal Mine is an open-cut 1.2-million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) coal mine in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The mine, which received final approval from the Queensland Government in March 2022, is owned by Australia's Bowen Coking Coal, and will be operated by BUMA Australia. The first coal was mined in July 2022. Bowen Coking Coal acquired the Broadmeadow East Project from Peabody Energy in June 2020. The project hosts a 33 million tonne (MT) resource and is planned to be mined though conventional truck and shovel opencast mining at a rate of between 0.8-1Mt per year over a period of between 5–7 years. A fast tracked program for this contract targets the same tonnages to be mined at an average rate of 1.2Mt per year over a shorter period.

According to the news media outlet World Coal, first phase mobilization of site infrastructure, ancillary equipment, haul tucks and an EX3600 excavator are underway as of May 2022, and first coal was railed from the mine in October 2022.

• Operator: BUMA Australia
• Owner: Bowen Coking Coal
• Location: 25 km northeast of the Moranbah township, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -21.8240, 147.9792 (exact)
• Mine Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2022
• Production Capacity: 1.2 Mtpa
• Total Reserves: 33 Mt
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mine Size (Km2):
• Workforce Size: 370
• Primary Consumer: Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
• Source of Financing:

Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M2419.B1	mine boundary	surface	Broadmeadow East mine boundary	extracted	2024-03-01 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Jul 22, 2025

ID

Notes

M2419.B1

Section 4 Description of proposed amendment, on page 10 of Broadmeadow East Mine Environmental Authority Amendment Application – Supporting Document Bowen Coking Coal Limited Reference: P525016, published March 1 2024, https://web.archive.org/web/20250313144235/https://www.bowencokingcoal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Broadmeadow-East-Mine-EA-Major-Amendment-Supporting-Document-and-Appendices.pdf, states "The proposed amendments relate to land within the currently authorised disturbance area of EA0002465 and ML70257, as shown on Figure 4-1 and Figure 4-2." The boundary is the approved disturbance area in Figure 4-1 Mine Plan (Appendix 2, Figure 2 EA0002465), excluding the Explosive Compound and adjoining access road to the north of the pit. The area of the boundary is 4.34 sq km (434 ha).

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