Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
133
Oaky Creek
Bowen
Operator
Oaky Creek Coal Pty Ltd.
Principal Holder Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3115 5300 Fax:
Location
15km east of Tieri and 394km by rail from Gladstone and 297km by
rail from Dalrymple Bay.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
The coal seam mined at Oaky Creek lies within the German Creek
Formation of Late Permian age which dips mainly to the south
southeast at around 5 to 10 degrees. The Aquila, Corvus 1 and
German Creek seams are recovered in opencut operations but only
the German Creek seam is extracted underground by longwall
methods in the two underground mines - Oaky Creek No 1 and
Oaky Creek North.
Mining Method The Oaky Creek operations comprise the Oaky Creek No.1 and Oaky
Creek North underground mines, and the Oaky Creek open-cut
mine. The underground mines use retreat longwall mining methods
to extract the coal from the German Creek Seam, while the opencut
mine uses draglines for overburden removal.
German Ck
Fm
Transport
297km by rail from Dalrymple Bay, or 394km by rail from Gladstone.
Preparation plant Dense medium cyclones, flotation and spirals.
Product Coals Medium volatile, low ash, high fluidity coking coal.
Comments
The Alliance Colliery, a punch longwall sub-contract mining operation on the Oaky Creek lease, closed in Feburary 2002 due to
depletion of reserves. In June 2003, MIM shareholders approved a scheme of arrangement by which Swiss-based commodities
group Xstrata Plc acquired the assets of MIM Holdings Limited
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
www.xstrata.com
Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 10, Riverside Centre 123 Eagle Street
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Large
Large
Large
Large
Size*:
Production
6.5 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 2587
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Xstrata Plc
Sumitomo Corporation
Itochu Corporation
MDL 163
ML 1832
ML 2004
ML 70241
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
Total (ad)
energy (ad)
(ad)
(ad)
Volatile
matter (ad)
Fixed
carbon (ad)
CSN
Oaky Creek
1.2
9
32.5
0.7
27
62.8
8
Oaky North
1.2
9
32.83
0.53
24
65.8
9
* 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
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Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
214
Oaky Creek No 1
Bowen
Operator
Oaky Creek Coal Pty Ltd.
Principal Holder Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3115 5300 Fax:
Location
17km east of Tieri.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
German Creek Formation of Late Permian age dipping mainly to the
south southeast at 4 to 12 degrees. The strike of the coal measures
swings sharply from northeast to northwest in the northern portion of
the mine lease. Seven coal seams are present, they are: Pleiades -
0.9m av; Aquila - 0.9m to 1.6m; Tieri 1 - 0.9m; Tieri 2 - 0.7m; Corvus
1 - 0.7m; Corvus 2 - 0.2m; & German Creek - 1.2m to 4.5m. The
Aquila, Corvus 1 & German Creek seams are recovered in open cut
operations but only the German Creek seam is extracted
underground by longwall methods in the Oaky Creek No 1 Mine.
Work on a second underground, Oaky Creek North has commenced
(1995) to exploit lower volatile coking coal for market.
Mining Method Underground using longwall retreat mining for panel extraction.
German Ck
Fm
Transport
297 rail km from Dalrymple Bay, or 394 rail km from Gladstone.
Preparation plant
Product Coals
Comments
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
www.xstrata.com
Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 10, Riverside Centre 123 Eagle Street
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
2.6 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 2587
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Xstrata Plc
Sumitomo Corporation
Itochu Corporation
* 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
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Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
226
Oaky North
Bowen
Operator
Oaky Creek Coal Pty Ltd.
Principal Holder Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3115 5300 Fax:
Location
17km east of Tieri.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
German Creek Formation of Late Permian age dipping mainly to the
south southeast at 4 to 12 degrees. The strike of the coal measures
swings sharply from northeast to northwest in the northern portion of
the mine lease. Seven coal seams are present, they are: Pleiades -
0.9m av; Aquila - 0.9m to 1.6m; Tieri 1 - 0.9m; Tieri 2 - 0.7m; Corvus
1 - 0.7m; Corvus 2 - 0.2m; & German Creek - 1.2m to 4.5m. The
Aquila, Corvus 1 & German Creek seams are recovered in open cut
operations but only the German Creek seam is extracted
underground by longwall methods in the Oaky Creek No 1 Mine.
Work on a second underground, Oaky Creek North has commenced
(1995) to exploit lower volatile coking coal for market.
Mining Method Longwall underground
German Ck
Fm
Transport
297 rail km from Dalrymple Bay, or 394 rail km from Gladstone.
Preparation plant
Product Coals
Comments
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
www.xstrata.com
Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 10, Riverside Centre 123 Eagle Street
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
2 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 2587
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Xstrata Plc
Sumitomo Corporation
Itochu Corporation
* 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