Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
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Meandu
Tarong
Operator
Tarong Coal Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Phone: +61 7 3361 4200 Fax: + 61 7 3361 4370
Location
30km south of Kingaroy and about 180km northwest of Brisbane.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Tarong Beds of Late Triassic age with dips normally up to 5 degrees
to the south southeast though local variations due to faulting & seam
splitting are common. Up to 15 seams are present: Ace - very limited;
King - 9.8m; Seams A to J (previously the Queen & Joker seam
groups) with a typical aggregate coal thickness of about 28m; Prince,
Baron and Duke. Only the King & Seams A to J are currently mined.
The bulk of the mine has no Tertiary cover except for a small area on
the eastern side where deep pre-Tertiary erosion & infill down to
140m has occurred.
Mining Method Open-cut using one dragline for overburden removal.
Tarong beds
Transport
1km overland conveyor to the Tarong power station
Preparation plant Jigs and classifying cyclones.
Product Coals High ash bituminous thermal coal.
Comments
The Meandu mine was developed to supply coal to the Tarong power station, The mine has a contract with the power station
operator, Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd, for coal supply to the existing 1400MW power station, and to the adjacent 450MW Tarong
North station which commenced operating in early 2003.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
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Address
Level 3 410 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Large
Large
Large
Large
Size*:
Production
6.8 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 391
Brisbane
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Rio Tinto Limited
MDL 200
ML 6674
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
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Fixed
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CSN
Meandu Tarong washed
5.3
28
19.38
0.29
27.5
39.2
1
* 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