Wards Well Coal Mine
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Wards Well Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Emerald, Queensland, Australia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Wards Well Coal Mine | Emerald, Queensland, Australia | -21.598813, 147.958654 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed | Pre-Permit | New | 2027 (planned) | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | – | – | Underground | Longwall | – | 500.0* | 500 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | 1158.0 | Bowen | Bituminous | Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Stanmore Resources Ltd [100%][1] | Stanmore Resources Ltd [100%] | Australia |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
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Background
The Wards Well - Lancewood coal project is a proposed mine located north West of Emerald, Queensland, Australia.[2] BHP Billiton discussed the concept study phase in a 2019 presentation.[2]The company lists it as a possible open cut mine producing both metallurgical and thermal coal from the Bowen Basin in Queensland.[3] Later references are only made to metallurgical coal.[4]
In 2021, Stanmore Resources Limited bought BHP's interest in BMC. The transaction revealed that there has been no measured resources or exploration activity on the site.[5]
- Sponsor:Stanmore Resources Limited [6]
- Parent Company: Stanmore Resources Limited (50%), Mitsubishi (50%)[6]
- Location: 60 km north west of Emerald, Queensland.
- GPS Coordinates: -21.598813, 147.958654 (exact)[7]
- Status: Proposed
- Production Capacity: 6 mtpa[8]
- Total Resource: 1 billion tonnes[9]
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal type: Coking coal[9]
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: underground, longwall mining[9]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240722225128/https://www.mining.com/stanmore-coal-pays-mitsui-380m-for-full-control-of-queensland-coal-mines/. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 BHP, "Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Metals, Mining and Steel Conference, Presentation", page 12 BHP, 14 May 2019.
- ↑ BHP Billiton, 2009 BHP Billiton Annual Report, BHP Billiton, September 2009, page 90.
- ↑ BHP, "Annual Report 2019" BHP, Page 282, May 2019.
- ↑ https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20211108/pdf/452pcvst8l1wzl.pdf Stanmore Resources to acquire BHP's interest in BMC], Stanmore Resources, November 8, 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chapter 34: Cumulative Impacts: Byerwen Coal Project," "QCoal Group," accessed June 2020.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedexact - ↑ Andrew J. Mutton, "QUEENSLAND COALS: Physical and Chemical Properties, Colliery and Company Information: 14th Edition," "Department of Natural Resources and Mines: Bureau of Mining and Petroleum," 2003.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Marcus Randolph, "Steelmaking materials briefing", BHP Billiton, Slide 34, 30 September 2011.
