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Clifford Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Wandoan, Queensland, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Clifford Coal Mine | Wandoan, Queensland, Australia | -25.751851, 149.662081 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancelled | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | – | – | Surface | – | – | 50.0* | – |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 630.0 | Surat | Subbituminous | Thermal | Port of Gladstone |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Clifford Joint Venture [100%][1] | Stanmore Resources Ltd [60.0%]; Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security [40.0%] | Australia |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
The Clifford coal project is a proposed open-cut thermal coal mine.[2] The proposed site lies in an area heavy with mining proposals in the Surat Basin, north west of Wandoan, Queensland, Australia.[2]
As of 2022, without any recent developments, the project appears cancelled. The Clifford project covers approximately 820 square kilometres in Queensland’s highly prospective Surat Basin, near Stanmore Resources’ Range coal project. The project is a joint exploration initiative between Stanmore (60%) and Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC; 40%).
The Stanmore Coal website suggests that the coal would be exported via the Port of Gladstone to Japanese power stations.[2]
- Operators: Stanmore Resources Ltd. (60%), the Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (40%)
- Owners: Stanmore Resources Ltd. (60%), the Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (40%)
- Location: North west of Wandoan[2]
- GPS Coordinates: -25.751850, 149.662081 (exact)[2]
- Status: Cancelled
- Production Capacity: 5 mtpa[2]
- Total Resource: 630 million tonnes[3]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Thermal[2]
- Mine Size: 820 km2[2]
- Mine Type: Opencast[2]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing: The Japanese Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation[4]
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052930/https://stanmore.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stanmore-Resources-Annual-Report-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Stanmore Coal, "Clifford Project Overview", Stanmore Coal website, accessed 7 January 2020.
- ↑ 2022 Annual Coal Resources and Reserve Summary, Stanmore Resources website, 27 Feb. 2023.
- ↑ Future Seas, "Stanmore Coal increase of Clifford Project resource", Future Seas website, 30 January 2016.
