Clermont Coal Mine

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Clermont Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Clermont Coal Mine	Clermont, Queensland, Australia	-22.7201075, 147.6195648 (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	–	2010	–

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
–	11.444	2025	Surface	Open Pit	163.07	60.0*	610.0

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
56.0	2022	63.0	Bowen	Bituminous	Thermal	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Clermont Coal Operations Pty Limited	Electric Power Development Co Ltd [22.2%]; Sumitomo Corp [37.1%]; Glencore PLC [37.1%]; small shareholder(s) [3.5%]	Switzerland, Japan

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	11.57	11.86	11.79	11.88	8.36	10.85	9.68	–	11.44

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
0.007	0.599	2024-25	​	national government data

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

Ownership Tree

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Background

The Clermont mine is a surface coal mine, operated by Glencore, and owned by a joint venture between Glencore, Sumitomo Corporation, J-Power and J.C.D. Australia, producing up to 11.5 million tonnes per annum in Clermont, Queensland, Australia. Construction of Clermont mine began in 2007 with operations beginning in 2010. At the time, Rio Tinto Coal Australia held the majority of interest in the mine, with 50.1% interest. The other partners were Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (31.4 per cent), J-Power Australia Pty Ltd (15 per cent) and J.C.D. Australia Pty Ltd (3.5 per cent).

Rio Tinto planned for the creation of Clermont mine to replace the aging nearby Blair Athol mine. Blair Athol was originally planned to close in 2015/2016 but ended up closing in 2012.

In June 2014, Glencore and Sumitomo Corporation acquired Rio Tinto Australia's 50.1% shareholding in the mine, and Glencore began to oversee the operations at Clermont. In December 2018, Mitsubishi sold its interest to Glencore and Sumitomo, allowing them to increase their control of the mine to nearly 80%.

Clermont has life expectancy of approximately 13 years. Coal is processed at Clermont and much of it requires minimal processing: 90% of the coal does not require washing. Then it is transported to rail loading facilities at Blair Athol mine. The coal is exported primarily through the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.

• Operator: Glencore
• Owners: Joint venture between Glencore and Sumitomo Corporation (37.1325% each), J-Power Australia Pty Ltd (22.235%) and J.C.D. Australia Pty Ltd (3.5%)
• Location: 234 kilometres south west of Mackay and 10 kilometres north of the township of Clermont in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia.
• GPS Coordinates: -22.7201075,147.6195648 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 11.5 mtpa
• Total Resource: 63 Mt
• Mineable Reserves: 61 Mt
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Size: 16,307 hectares
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mining Method: Open-cut mine
• Workforce Size: 629
• Start Year: 2010
• 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
M0027.B1	mine boundary	surface	Clermont mine boundary	extracted	2016-09-14 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 23, 2025

ID

Notes

M0027.B1

The boundary is the outer perimeter of mining leases ML 1884, ML 70343 and ML 1904 shown in Figure 1: Clermont Mine Location and Tenements on page 5 of Clermont Open Cut Glencore Plan for INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 1 JANUARY 2016 - 31 DECEMBER 2020 Clermont Mining Lease Application Wolfang #4 (ML1904), from Sep 14, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20240617114506/https://minedocs.com/21/Clermont-Initial-Development-Plan-2016-2020.pdf. Mining lease ML 70334, a conveyor belt leading to mining lease ML 1881, coal and water storage and part of the Blair Athol mine, are not included in the boundary. The source date of this pdf was determined by inspecting the pdf creation date. Figure 2: Project Layout on page 9 of The Clearmont Coal Mine - Initial advice statement from 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/17344/ccm-ias.pdf, shows earlier versions of mining leases ML 1884 and ML 1904, the outer perimeter of which match closely the outer perimeter of the more recent ML 1884, ML 70343 and ML 1904 mining leases. Mining lease geometries were extracted from the Queensland Mining Leases dataset (https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/queensland-mining-and-exploration-tenure-series/resource/f87794b8-7b9a-4732-89bb-56ccb2228d27). The area of the boundary is 32 sq km.

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