Woori Coal Mine

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Woori Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Guluguba, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Woori Coal Mine	Guluguba, Queensland, Australia	-26.263394, 150.035886 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	Exploration	New	–	–

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
3.4	–	–	Surface	–	–	50*	*

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
–	–	109	Surat	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
New Hope Coal	New Hope Group	Australia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Woori Coal Mine is a proposed open-cut coal mine project under consideration by New Hope, 19 km south of Wandoan and immediately west of the township of Guluguba, Queensland, Australia.

In 2020, the owner updated its resource and reserve data, but given the lack of development over nearly a decade, the project is presumed cancelled. New Hope Coal acquired the project from Cokatoo Coal and Misui who conducted a feasibility study in 2013. The original owners estimated that the mine would produce 3-4 million tonnes of thermal coal per annum.

On 26 March 2013, Cockatoo Coal withdrew the project from the EIS assessment process. In 2014, New Hope Coal acquired the project. In 2020, New Hope Coal updated investors on exploration projects, suggesting the project remains active.

Cockatoo Coal Project

The Department of Environment and Resource Management stated on its website that "the proposed open cut coal mine would produce an initial rate of 3 million tonnes a year (Mt/y) run of mine (ROM) thermal coal for export. The project would ramp up to 6 Mt/y within one year of the start. Coal would be crushed, sized and washed on site by a coal handling and processing plant, and transported by rail to the Port of Gladstone. The mine life would be approximately 15 years."

On its website, Cockatoo Coal stated that EIS work is "underway as part of feasibility studies for a 3.0-3.5Mtpa thermal coal operation. This project is being developed with a view to commencing production, to coincide with the opening of planned new rail and port infrastructure slated for 2013/14. In addition, significantly increased JORC resources at the Tin Hut Creek (EPC 1134/813) and Bottle Tree projects (EPC 813) announced recently – both within 20km of Woori - point to the potential for Cockatoo to develop a larger ~6Mtpa+ multi-pit operation in the area, when sufficient infrastructure capacity is available."

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