Moorvale Coal Mine

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Moorvale Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Coppabella, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Moorvale Coal Mine	Coppabella, Queensland, Australia	-21.971718, 148.372197 (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	–	2002	–

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
–	2.234	2025	Surface	Open Pit	43.73	60.0*	245.0

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
6.0	–	52.0	Bowen	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV)	CITIC Australia Coppabella Pty Ltd [14.0%]; Peabody Coppabella Pty Ltd [73.3%]; Winchester Coal Operations Pty Ltd [7.0%]; small shareholder(s) [5.7%]	USA, China, Japan, Singapore

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	2.79	3.58	3.12	2.17	2.05	1.79	3.69	–	2.23

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
2.477	205.588	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 Moorvale coal mine is a surface mine operated by Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV), a subsidiary of Peabody Energy, in Coppabella, Queensland, Australia. Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV), and a subsidiary of Peabody Energy, operates the mine.

• Operator: Coppabella and Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV)
• Owners: Peabody Energy (73.3%), CITIC Australia Coppabella (14.0%), Marubeni Corporation (7.0%), KC Resources (3.7%), NS Coal (2.0%)
• Location: Coppabella, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -21.971718, 148.372197 (exact)
• Status: operating
• Production Capacity: 3.1 million short tons
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 8 MT
• Coal type:bituminous
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: surface
• Mining Method: opencut
• Start Year:2002
• Source of Financing:

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
M1337.B1	mine boundary	surface	Moorvale mine	extracted	2022-02-01 00:00:00
M1337.B2	mine boundary	surface	Moorvale south	extracted	2022-02-01 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 10, 2025

ID	Notes
M1337.B1	Moorvale mine is part of the Coppabella Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV). From the Technical Report Summary Coppabella-Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV) from 2/2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20230523200452/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472822000008/btu_20211231xex964.htm, the table in section 1.2 Property Description on page 1 lists mining leases: Moorvale : Moorvale A (ML 70290), Moorvale B (ML 70291) and Moorvale C (ML 70319); Moorvale South : Olive Downs A (ML 70354), Olive Downs B (ML 70355) and Moorvale South (MDL 3034). Note that Moorvale mining leases ML 70290 (Moorvale A) and ML 70291 (Moorvale B) both expired December 31 2023, and ML 70319 (Moorvale C) expires November 30 2028. This boundary includes all three mining leases. The area of the boundary is 44 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).
M1337.B2	Page 55 of the 10-k for fiscal year ending Dec 31 2022, for Peabody Energy Corporation, https://web.archive.org/web/20240127144451/https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Peabody/media/MediaLibrary/Investor%20Info/Annual%20Reports/Peabody-10-K-Year-Ended-12-31-22.pdf?ext=.pdf, "During 2022, the Moorvale Mine substantially completed development of, and began production from, its Moorvale South pit.". From the Technical Report Summary Coppabella-Moorvale Joint Venture (CMJV) from 2/2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20230523200452/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472822000008/btu_20211231xex964.htm, the table in section 1.2 Property Description on page 1 lists mining leases: Moorvale : Moorvale A (ML 70290), Moorvale B (ML 70291) and Moorvale C (ML 70319); Moorvale South : Olive Downs A (ML 70354), Olive Downs B (ML 70355) and Moorvale South (MDL 3034). This boundary is for just ML 70354 (Olive Downs A) and does not include the Moorvale South mineral development license MDL 3034 that sits between the northern and southern pits, or ML 70355 (Olive Downs B) which is a road and not a coal mining area. 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). The area of this boundary is approximately 16 sq km.

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