Saraji Coal Mine

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Saraji Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Dysart, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saraji Coal Mine	Dysart, Queensland, Australia	-22.371371, 148.299848 (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
Mothballed	Care and Maintenance	1974	–

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
6	13.105	2025	Surface	Open Pit	120.0	60.0*	661.0*

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
382.0	2023	907.0	Bowen	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Pty Ltd	BHP Group Ltd [50.0%]; Mitsubishi Corp [50.0%]	Australia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	12.99	15.23	14.05	14.61	13.15	13.99	13.14	–	13.11

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
1.68	139.399	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.

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Background

The Saraji mine is a surface mine near Peak Downs in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. The mine is owned and operated by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), a 50:50 joint venture between BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development. (BMA also operates the Peak Downs mine, Goonyella Riverside mine, Norwich Park mine, Blackwater mine, the Gregory Crinum mine as well as the Hay Point Coal Terminal.

Coal from the project is exported via the coal loaders at Hay Point, 213km to the south west of the mine. Production from the mine began in late 1972.

In September 2025, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) announced that the Saraji South coking coal mine in Queensland will be paused and placed into care and maintenance from November 2025 due to weak metallurgical coal prices and high state royalties, with operations suspended and approximately 750 jobs affected.

• Sponsor: BHP Mitsubishi Alliance BHP and Mitsubishi
• Parent Company: BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development
• Location: Dysart, Queensland, Australia
• Coordinates:-22.371371, 148.299848
• Status: Operating
• Production: 8.8 million tonnes (2021)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 162 million tonnes
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Mine Size: 120 km2
• Mine Type: Surface, opencast
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:1974

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
M0096.B1	mine boundary	surface	Estimated Saraji Coal mine boundary	estimated	2017-02-10 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 Jun 27, 2025

ID

Notes

M0096.B1

The boundary is derived from information found in the Saraji East Mining Lease Project INITIAL ADVICE STATEMENT Final 10 February 2017 report , https://web.archive.org/web/20240403042430/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/108411/saraji_east_ias.pdf. Section 1.2 Project Background, page 2 : "As depicted in Figure 1-1, the Project is located adjacent to the existing Saraji Open-Cut Coal Mine (Saraji Mine). BMA currently operates the Saraji Mine on Mining Lease (ML) 70142, ML 1775, ML 1784, ML 1782, ML 2360, ML 2410, ML 70294, ML 70298 and ML 70328". The Saraji coal mine is sandwiched between Peak Downs coal mine to the north, Norwich Park coal mine to the south, and the Saraji East mine to the east. The location and shape of the southern boundary edge shared with Norwich Park has been estimated, as has the uppermost northeast edge shared with Peak Downs mine. Prior to adjustments where necessary to support the above information, 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 mining leases components permit names taken from the Queensland Mining Leases dataset are as follows: ML 70142 - boomerang creek; ML 1775 - Peak Downs; ML 1784 - Saraji mine; ML 1782 - Norwich Park; ML 2360 - Fiddlewood; ML 2410 - Phillips Creek; ML 70294 - Hakea West; ML 70298 - Hakea South; ML 70328 - Tay-Glen. The area of the boundary is 122 sq km.

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