Drake Coal Mine

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The Drake coal mine is an open-cut coal mine located 12 kilometers south of Collinsville in Queensland’s north Bowen Basin. The mine, which is owned by QCoal, opened in 2014.[1]

Location

The satellite photo below shows the exact location of the Drake mine just south of Collinsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Background

Mining operations will extract approximately 10 million tonnes per year (Mt/y) of run of mine (ROM) coal, which will then be processed to produce 6Mt/y of product coal for export. With around 200 Mt of economically recoverable coal, the anticipated life of the mine is 25 to 30 years.[2]

Drake Coal Mine comprises a part of the QCoal Northern Hub, which also includes the Sonoma mine, Cows coal mine, and Jax coal mine.[3]

Coal from Drake Mine is railed to the Abbot Point Coal Terminal for export.[1]

Project Details

  • Operator: Thiess[3]
  • Owner: QCoal[1]
  • Location: 17km south of Collinsville, Bowen Basin, Queensland.[1]
  • GPS Coordinates: -20.705189, 147.812727 (exact)
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Capacity: 6 million tonnes per year[4]
  • Production: 4.9 million tonnes[5]
  • Total Resource:
  • Mineable Reserves: 200 Mt[2]
  • Coal type: hard coking and thermal coal[1]
  • Mine Size:
  • Mine Type: Open cut[1]
  • Start Year: 2014[4]
  • Source of Financing:

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Drake Mine," "QCoal Group," accessed June 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Terms of Reference for the Drake Coal Project Environmental Impact Statement," "Department of Environment and Resource Management," December 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Daniel Gleeson, "Thiess receives A$450 million contract extension from QCoal", International Mining, 30 June 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Drake Mine", QCoal Group, accessed February 2020.
  5. Drake Mine, Mining Data Online, 2019

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