Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
179
Poitrel
Bowen
Operator
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
Principal Holder BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3226 0600 Fax: +61 7 3229 2575
Location
20km southeast of Moranbah and approximately 170 rail km to the
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal at Hay Point.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Coking and thermal coal resources are contained within seams of the
Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age, located in a drag
syncline on the upthrown western side of an extension to the Burton
Range Fault. Two coal seams are present: Leichhardt seam - 4 to
6m of durainous coal and; the Vermont Upper seam - 1 to 2m of
bright coking coal. The latter is underlain by up to 5m of high ash dull
coal which contains the Yarrabee tuff marker bed.
FOR SEAM DETAILS REFER TO THE COMBINED
POITREL/WINCHESTER ENTRY.
Mining Method
Rangal
Transport
Preparation plant
Product Coals
Comments
In March 2005 Excel Coal Limited (developer of and principal holder in the Millmerrran Coal project) announced that an agreement
had been reached with BHP Mitsui Coal for the transfer of ownership in a number of resource areas that include the Poitrel deposit in
exchange for a 50% holding in infrastructure assets that are to be constructed adjacent to the Millenium (West Poitrel) and Poitrel
coal deposits. These assets include a coal preparation plant, and a coal handling and loadout facility.
Undeveloped
Status:
Deposit
Type:
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Address
Riverside Centre 123 Eagle St
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
GPO Box 1389
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
BHP Billiton Limited
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
ML 4749
ML 70116
* 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