Hutton Coal Mine

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Hutton Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Injune, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hutton Coal Mine	Injune, Queensland, Australia	-25.951645, 148.961201 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	Exploration	New	Stage 2	–	–

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
24	–	–	Underground	–	1469	500	*

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	Met	Wiggins Island Coal Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Valiant Resources Ltd	Valiant Resources	Australia

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Cancelled	Exploration	Expansion	Stage 1	24	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Hutton Coking Coal project was a mine proposed by Valiant Resources in the southern area of the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia, that was estimated to produce 24 million tonnes per annum, with potential expansion plans for 55 million tonnes per annum.

The status of the project remains unclear. The CEO and senior officials have touted the project as ongoing in 2018 and 2019, saying "Valiant’s short term goal is to advance the Hutton Coking Coal Project into the Pre-Feasibility Stage and to concurrently raise the status of the tenements to a Mining Lease application." However, the project appears stalled, with no executive staff listed on the website and only a team of part-time advisors and board members involved in the project.

As of 2023, there is no evidence the project is proceeding after 3 years, and it is presumed cancelled. The project proposal consists of five defined mining areas. The initial focus of Valiant is on mining large volumes of Semi Hard Coking Coal and Semi Soft Coking Coal and bringing Mining Areas 2 & 1.

Valiant proposes building the Hutton Rail Project, a 189 km greenfield rail link to Moura rail system to transport coal from the Hutton mine to ports for export. The proposed railway and two spurs would open up the Surat Basin for exploitation and transport of coal, from Hutton, Dawson West, Ridgeland, Taroom, Elimatta coal mine and Wandoan Coal Project. The Surat Basin Rail project could also provide a transportation route for the coal, but has been at a standstill since 2012 due to depressed coal prices. One of the four proponents involved in the rail project, ATEC Rail Group Limited, said in its last update of the project that its time frame was "uncertain".

The project is a large potential emitter of methane gas. According to Peter Vobr, the company director, "the coal is currently being degassed with the produced methane being transported to LNG trains in Gladstone for export. The coal travels closer towards depletion and eventual mine gas safety limits, then subsequent production."

• Operator: Valiant Resources Limited
• Owner: Valiant Resources Limited
• Location: 25 km east of Injune, 65 km north east of Roma, Queensland
• GPS Coordinates: -25.951645, 148.961201 (approximate)
• Status: Cancelled
• Production Capacity: 24 mtpa (If all five mine areas went ahead 49-55 mtpa)
• Total Resource: 5.35 billion tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Coking coal
• Mine Size: 1,469 km2
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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