Cows Coal Mine

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

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cows Coal Mine	Colinsville, Queensland, Australia	-20.63668673, 147.85009 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	2013	–

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	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	60.0*	20

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
–	–	–	Bowen	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	North Queensland Export Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
QCoal [100%]	QCoal [100%]	Australia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Cows coal mine is owned and operated by QCoal Group, near Collinsville, Queensland, Australia. Cows Mine is located 13 kilometres south of Collinsville in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

Owned by QCoal, the mine comprises a part of the QCoal Northern Hub, which also includes the Sonoma mine, Jax coal mine, and Drake coal mine.

Coal from Cows Mine is railed to Abbot Point Coal Terminal for export.

• Operator: Thiess
• Owner: QCoal Group
• Location: Bowen Basin, Collinsville, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -20.63668673, 147.85009
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 1 mtpa
• Workforce Size: 20
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal & Met)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface, Opencast
• Start Year: 2013
• Source of Financing:

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