Yarrabee Coal Mine

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Yarrabee Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Blackwater, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yarrabee Coal Mine	Blackwater, Queensland, Australia	-23.317678, 149.026371 (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	–	–	–

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
3.8	3.498192	2025	Surface	Open Pit	293	60*	430

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
73	2024	215	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co [100.0%]	Shandong Energy	China

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	3.64	3.32	3.24	3.71	3.02	2.95	2.55	–	3.5

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
3.87975	322.01925	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
3.88	322.019	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

Yarrabee coal mine is operated by Yancoal, located in Blackwater, Queensland, Australia. The mine is operated Yancoal.

• Operator: Middlemount South Pty Ltd
• Parent company: QMetco (70%), Posco Australia (20%), Nippon Steel Australia (10%)
• Location: Middlemount, Queensland, Australia
• GPS coordinates: -23.317678, 149.026371 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Mineable reserves: 195
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met, PCI)
• Mine size:
• Mine type: Surface, Opencast
• Production: 2.6 mtpa
• Number of employees:

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
M0121.B1	mine boundary	surface	Yarrabee mine boundary	extracted	2021-10-01 00:00:00
M0121.P1	other	preparation plant	coal processing plant	extracted	2023-06-01 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 Jul 11, 2025

ID	Notes
M0121.B1	Row 1 of the table titled 'Environmentally relevant activity and location details', of the Environmental Permit EPML00844613 document for Yarrabee Coal Company Pty Ltd from October 1, 2021 at https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://storagesolutiondocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/register-documents-ea/EPML00844613.pdf, lists the following mining leases for the activity of mining black coal: ML80172, ML80049, ML1770, ML80096, ML80195, ML80198, ML80104, ML80196, ML80197 and ML80050. Note that mining lease ML 80104 (Yarrabee North) expired 9/2023. The boundary contains the above leases. The area of the boundary is approximately 83 sq km. 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).
M0121.P1	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.

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