Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
131
Kestrel
Bowen
Operator
Kestrel Coal Joint Venture
Principal Holder Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Phone: +61 7 3361 4200 Fax: + 61 7 3361 4370
Location
365km by rail to the RG Tanna coal terminal at the Port of Gladstone.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
German Creek Formation of Late Permian age. The strata dips
gently to the south with the only seam of economic interest present:
German Creek seam - 3m av. The depth of cover to the German
Creek seam ranges from 80 to 400m. The Tertiary contains volcanics
and sediments.
Mining Method Underground - longwall
German Ck
Fm
Transport
365km by rail to the RG Tanna Coal terminal at the port of Gladstone
Preparation plant Dense medium bath, dense medium cyclones & froth flotation.
Product Coals High volatile, low ash, hard coking coal and medium ash, high-energy
thermal coal
Comments
With the planned completion during 2003 of extraction of economic reserves of coal from the underground mining area east of Ti
Tree Fault, underground development commenced during 2002 across the fault into the Ti tree area.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
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Basin:
Synonyms: Gordonstone
Address
Level 3 410 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
3.3 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 391
Brisbane
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Rio Tinto Limited
MDL 176
MDL 182
ML 1978
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
Total (ad)
energy (ad)
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Volatile
matter (ad)
Fixed
carbon (ad)
CSN
Alpha Seam D
8.8 7.2
28.52
33.6
50.4
Kestrel Coking
2 6.5
32.5
0.7
33.5
58
9
Kestrel thermal
2
13
29.9
0.75
31
54
7
* Sites: Small < 50Mt, Medium 51 to 150Mt, Large 151 to 500Mt, Very Large > 500Mt measured and indicated
Mines: Small < 2Mt, Medium > 2Mt < 10Mt, Large > 5Mt < 10Mt, Very Large > 10Mt annual saleable coal production
Data updated March 2005