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)

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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
–	2.95	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	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
59	2022	215	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co	Shandong Energy	China

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

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:

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