Poitrel Coal Mine

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Poitrel Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Moranbah, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Poitrel Coal Mine	Moranbah, Queensland, Australia	-22.06650421, 148.2551254 (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	–	2006	2035 (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
–	7.498741	2025	Surface	Open Pit	39.6	60*	681.9422224*

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
44	2022	149	Bown	Bituminous	Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Stanmore SMC Pty Ltd [100.0%]	Stanmore Resources Ltd	Australia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	4.36	5.22	5.45	5.77	5.27	5.42	6.47	–	7.5

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
4.182142857142857	347.1178571	2024-25	​	national government data

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

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
4.182	347.118	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 Poitrel mine is an open-cut coal mine owned and operated by Stanmore Resources in Queensland, Australia. Poitrel Mine was previously owned by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and operated by BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd (BMC); however, in May 2022, Stanmore Resources acquired BHP’s 80% interest in BMA, becoming the operator of the Poitrel mine. Then, in October 2022, the remaining 20% share was acquired, making Stanmore the mine's owner and operator.

Poitrel produced first coal in 2006 and has access to high-quality infrastructure, producing a mix of hard coking coal (HCC) and pulverized coal injection (PCI) coals for export to overseas customers, including in Asia and Europe.

BHP Billiton states that the Poitrel mine "has a joint venture agreement (Red Mountain Joint Venture) with the adjacent Millennium Coal mine to share coal processing and rail loading facilities. Poitrel has access to 3.0 mtpa capacity from the processing facilities."

It has a mine life in excess of 10 years.

• Operator: Stanmore Resources Ltd.
• Owner: Stanmore Resources Ltd.
• Location: Moranbah, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates: -22.06650421, 148.2551254 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 4.2 million tonnes per annum (2022)
• Total Reserves: 149 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:: 44 million tonnes
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Metallurgical)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2006
• 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
M0088.B1	mine boundary	surface	Poitrel mine boundary	extracted	2023-02-27 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

M0088.B1

Table 1 Coal Resources for Stanmore Projects, on page 2 of Stanmore's 2022 Annual Coal Resources and Reserve Summary published Feb 27 2023, https://web.archive.org/web/20240806041500/https://wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/SMR/02636648.pdf, shows the tenement mining leases for Poitrel mine as ML 1791, ML 4749, ML 70312, EPC 1646 and EPC 1951. The mine has an agreement with the adjacent Millennium Coal mine to share coal processing and rail loading facilities in ML 70312. The boundary includes mining leases ML 1791, ML 4749 and ML 70312, and does not include the exploration permits EPC 1646 and EPC 1951. The area of the boundary is 45 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).

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