Moorlands Coal Mine

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Moorlands Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Moorlands Coal Mine Clermont, Queensland, Australia -22.816656, 147.379922 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Project Type Opening Year Closing Year
Proposed[1] Pre-Permit New 2027 (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
1.5[1] Surface Open Pit 50.0* 160

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
318.0 Subbituminous Thermal Hay Point Coal Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Cuesta Coal [100%] Cuesta Coal [100%] Australia

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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Coal Mine Background

A Scoping Study was completed on the project in 2013 as well as successful exploration programs in 2013 and 2014, which resulted in a JORC Resource upgrade.

The current permission requests a mine life of 30 years.[2] It is unclear whether this mine is a going concern as the website has not been updated since 2015[3] and the project specific website was down in January 2020 when a Definitive Feasibility Study is under way. But the project has not been updated since and appears to be shelved.[2]

Graphics on Cuesta Coal's website suggest that coal would be exported via either Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal or Hay Point Coal Terminal.[2]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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  3. Cuesta Coal, "Blog", Cuesta Coal website, accessed 7 January 2020.