Jax Coal Mine

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

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jax Coal Mine	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	-20.713736, 147.860166 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2012	–

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
1.8	2.151	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	316*

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

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Thiess	QCoal	Australia

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

Background

The Jax coal mine is an open-cut coal mine owned by QCoal Group, near Collinsville, Queensland, Australia.

Jax Mine is located 15 kilometers south of Collinsville in Queenland's Bowen Basin. It is owned by QCoal, and can produce up to 1.8 million tonnes of coal per annum.

It comprises a part of the QCoal Northern Hub, which also includes the Sonoma mine, Cows coal mine, and Drake coal mine.

• Operator: Thiess
• Owner: QCoal Group
• Location: Bowen Basin, Collinsville, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -20.713736, 147.860166 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 1.8 million tonnes
• Production: 1.16 million tonnes (2019)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 36 Mt
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal & Met)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface, Opencast
• Start Year: 2012
• Source of Financing:

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