Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
147
North Goonyella
Bowen
Operator
North Goonyella Coal Properties Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Peabody Energy Australia Coal Pty Limited
Phone: +61 7 3225 5500 Fax: +61 7 3225 5555
Location
40km north of Moranbah.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Moranbah Coal Measures of Late Permian age with shallow
(generally <5 degrees) dips to the east. The coal measures contain
three coal seams considered workable over much of the mine area:
Goonyella Upper - 2.6m to 3.2m; Goonyella Middle - 4.5m;
Goonyella Lower - 2.0m to 3.2m.
Mining Method Underground - longwall extraction in the Goonyella Middle seam, and
opencut (Eaglefield) truck and shovel contract mining of Goonyella
Middle seam.
Moranbah
Transport
Approximately 215km by rail to the port of Dalrymple Bay
Preparation plant Dense medium cyclones, spirals and froth flotation.
Product Coals Medium volatile hard coking coal
Comments
The small Eaglefield open-cut mine extracts the relatively shallow coal resources at the southern extension of the North Goonyella
mining lease area.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
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Address
Level 27 10 Eagle Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Small
Small
Small
Small
Size*:
Production
1.4 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 164
Brisbane
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Peabody Corporation
ML 6949
ML 70038
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
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Volatile
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Fixed
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CSN
North Goonyella
1.5 8.5
33
0.6
23.5
66.5
8
* 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