Lake Vermont Coal Mine

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Lake Vermont Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Dysart, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lake Vermont Coal Mine	Dysart, Queensland, Australia	-22.4611726, 148.4056045 (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
Operating	–	2009	2028 (planned)

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
–	10.593	2025	Surface	Open Pit	8.2	30.0	762.0*

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
200.0	–	–	Bowen	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Jellinbah Group Pty Ltd	natural person(s); Anglo American PLC [33.0%]	Australia, Japan, Japan, USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	10.52	11.57	10.72	8.38	9.5	11.16	10.6	–	10.59

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
3.374	280.036	2024-25	​	national government data

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

Ownership Tree

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Background

The Lake Vermont coal mine is an open-cut mine owned by the Lake Vermont Joint Venture, of which Jellinbah Resources is the majority shareholder. It is located 18 kilometers northeast of Dysart in Central Queensland, Australia.

The Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Project is a current proposal which seeks to extend the mine's operations until 2063. If approved, current operations will transition to underground mining with a small satellite open cut mine. Lake Vermont shipped their first coal in February 2009. Since then, the mine has undergone at least one expansion, including one in 2012/2013 which increased annual production capacity to 9.1 million tonnes per year (Mtpa). As of 2020, the mine is approved to produce up to 12 Mtpa of run-of-mine coal (which equals approximately 9.5 Mtpa of saleable coal product).

The mine's coal product is hauled by rail to the Port of Gladstone and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.

• Operator: Thiess
• Owners: The Lake Vermont Joint Venture (includes the Jellinbah Group (70%); Marubeni Coal (10%); Sojitz Coal (10%); and American Metals & Coal International (10%)
• Location: Near Dysart, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -22.4611726, 148.4056045 (exact)
• Status: Operating; Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Project is proposed
• Production: 9.7 Mtpa
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 200 million tonnes
• Coal Type: hard coking coal, low volatile PCI coal and thermal coal
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Open cut (proposed extension will include an underground mine)
• Start Year: 2009
• Source of Financing:

Expansion Project

In August 2019, the Department of Environment and Science (DES) approved an application from the Lake Vermont Joint Venture to voluntarily prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed project, an extension to the original Lake Vermont mine known as the Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Project.

The project plans include development of an underground longwall (plus bord and pillar) mine, three small-scale "satellite" open cut pits, and supporting infrastructure. The intent is that the extension will begin increasing production as the original Lake Vermont coal mine winds down its coals reserves, so that overall annual production remains constant. According to the Queensland Government website: "The proposed project would enable the metallurgical and pulverised coal injection production from the existing Lake Vermont Coal Mine to be maintained at the currently approved levels of up to 12 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of run of mine (ROM) coal (equivalent to approximately 9.5 Mtpa of product coal). The overall lifespan of the combined Project is approximately 53 years (inclusive of final rehabilitation). Over the Project’s lifespan, approximately 122 million tonnes of run-of-mine (ROM) coal will be extracted. "

While the project's construction was tentatively scheduled to commence by late 2022, with the first underground coal to be mined by late 2024 and full underground production scheduled for late 2026, pending approvals has delayed this. As of 2023, the Jellinbah Group now estimates construction will commence in January 2025 and underground mine production will be operational by December 2028.

According to the Queensland Government website, the Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Project is currently in the final stages of approval (specifically, the "proponent responds to submissions" stage).

Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M0060.B1	mine boundary	surface	Lake Vermont mine boundary	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M0060.P1	other	preparation plant	preparation and cleaning facility	extracted	2023-10-01 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Jul 08, 2025

ID	Notes
M0060.B1	Figure 2.1 Places affected by the project, page 3, of EIS Assessment Report for the Lake Vermont Meadowbrook Project from 4/2024, https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0035/477485/lake-vermont-meadowbrook-eis-assessment-report.pdf, describes the existing Lake Vermont mining leases ML 70331, ML 70477 and ML 70528, the outer perimeter of which comprise the extracted mine boundary. This document also describes the mining lease application for the mine extension, known as Meadowbrook Project. It does not appear that this request for expansion has yet been approved. The mining license for the Meadowbrook expansion is ML 700080 and is not included in this boundary. Ongoing information about this expansion can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/management/environmental/eis-process/projects/completed/lake-vermont-meadowbrook-project. The boundary is the outer perimeter of the mining leases ML 70331, ML 70477 and ML 70582. The area of the boundary is approximately 91 sq km. Mining lease geometries were extracted from the Queensland Mining Leases dataset (https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/queensland-mining-and-exploration-tenure-series/resource/f87794b8-7b9a-4732-89bb-56ccb2228d27).
M0060.P1	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.

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