Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
40
Clermont
Bowen
Operator
Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Principal Holder Clermont Coal Joint Venture
Phone: +61 7 3361 4200 Fax: +61 7 3229 5087
Location
10km north of Clermont and 10km southeast of the Blair Athol to
Dalrymple Bay railway. Rail distance to Dalrymple Bay will be
approximately 280 km.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Wolfang Coal Measures of Lower Permian age, essentially flat lying,
but with steep dips near faults along the western margin of the
deposit. The main seam of economic interest, the Wolfang seam
averages 38m in thickness in the initial mine area. A further 5
relatively thin unnamed seams of variable thickness & distribution
also occur, but these contain less than 5% of the planned mining
reserves.
Mining Method
Wolfang
Transport
Preparation plant
Product Coals Thermal coal
Comments
Production from the Clermont deposit is proposed to begin in 2008, replacing the production from Blair Athol as its coal reserves are
depleted
Undeveloped
Status:
Deposit
Type:
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Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 17 AMP Place 10 Eagle St
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Large
Large
Large
Large
Size*:
GPO Box 391
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Rio Tinto Limited
Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd.
EPDC (Australia) Pty Ltd
ML 1884
ML 1904
ML 70334 (appl)
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
Total (ad)
energy (ad)
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Volatile
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Fixed
carbon (ad)
CSN
Clermont
6 9.2
28.22
0.33
27.9
56.9
0
* 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