Sonoma mine
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The Sonoma Coal Mine is an open-cut coal mine located approximately 6 kilometres south of Collinsville at the northern end of the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine in Queensland, Australia.
Background
Sonoma Mine is owned by QCoal, a privately owned Queensland resource company. (QCoal also initiated development of the Sonoma deposit.)
The mine was commissioned in September 2007. As of 2010, it boasted a 170 million tonne resource with mining reserves estimated at 46 million tonnes."[2]
It comprises a part of the QCoal Northern Hub, which also includes the Cows coal mine, Drake coal mine, and Jax coal mine.[3]
Coal from Sonoma Mine is railed to Abbot Point Coal Terminal for export.[1]
Mine Details
- Operator: Thiess[3]
- Owner: QCoal Group[1]
- Location: 6 km south of Collinsville in the northern Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia
- Coordinates: -20.615190, 147.855443 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production Capacity: 4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)[1]
- Total Resource:
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal & Met)[1]
- Mine Type: Surface[1]
- Start Year: 2007
- Workforce Size: 250[1]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Sonoma Mine", QCoal Group website, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ "Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd", Sonoma Mine Management website, Archived from the original on 22 August 2011, accessed April 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daniel Gleeson, "Thiess receives A$450 million contract extension from QCoal", International Mining, 30 June 2022.
