South Walker Creek Coal Mine

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South Walker Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Strathfield, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
South Walker Creek Coal Mine	Strathfield, Queensland, Australia	-21.753393, 148.443289 (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	–	1996	–

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
9.4	8.096194	2025	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	751.9230053*

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
159	2025	818	Bowen	Bituminous	Met	–

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	7.38	8.11	7.73	7.19	6.63	8.01	6.3	–	8.1

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
8.987642857142857	745.9743571	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
8.988	745.974	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 South Walker Creek mine is an open-cut coal mine owned and operated by Stanmore Resources Ltd. The mine was commissioned in 1996 and produces Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) grade coal and coking coal.

South Walker Creek coal is "beneficiated at on-site processing facilities with a capacity to produce 3.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of coal." From financial years 2013-2014, nominated production rate increased from 5.6 Mtpa in FY2013 to 7.9 Mtpa in FY2014. South Walker Creek 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 mine. Then, in October 2022, the remaining 20% share was acquired, making Stanmore the mine's owner and operator.

Expansion

In 2023, an expansion project for the South Walker Creek mine was approved which increased its run-of-mine production from 8 Mtpa to 9.4 Mtpa.

Emissions Reduction Project

In August 2024, it was announced that Stanmore's South Walker Creek coal mine would be the site of the first emissions reduction project funded through the Miles Labor Government's $520 million Low Emissions Investment Partnerships program. The project aims to capture fugitive methane emissions at the South Walker Creek coal mine and transform it into electricity. It includes construction of a new 20-megawatt coal seam gas-fired power station which is expected to be completed by 2027. That power station, which will operate for a minimum of 15 years, will offset the coal mine's entire electricity requirements.

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
M0099.B1	mine boundary	surface	Mine lease area boundary	extracted	2024-03-01 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 Jun 03, 2025

ID

Notes

M0099.B1

The Introduction section on page 3 of the Compliance Report EPBC 2017/7957 South Walker Creek Mine MRA2c, https://web.archive.org/web/20250316141119/https://stanmore.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Annual-Compliance-Report-EPBC2017-7957-MRA2c-Stage-1.pdf, March 2024, describes the mining lease for the mine, 'Mining activities at SWC are conducted on Mining Lease (ML) 4750 across five active pits.'. The mine lease boundary was extracted from the Queensland Spatial Catalogue's (QSpatial) Mining Leases boundary data, https://web.archive.org/web/20250603154047/https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/index.page. The area of the boundary is 114 sq km.

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