Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
259
Coppabella
Bowen
Operator
Australian Premium Coals Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Coppabella Joint Venture
Phone: +61 7 3239 7666 Fax: +61 7 3239 7699
Location
25km south west of Nebo.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age, dipping northeast at
approximately 5 degrees. The Macarthur Seam ranges in thickness
from 10 to 12m. To the northwest of the Johnson Pit the Macarthur
Seam splits into an upper 2.5m section and a lower 6-7m Lower
Leichhardt Seam.
Mining Method Open-cut using dragline, excavators and trucks, supplemented by
scrapers.
Rangal
Transport
140 km by rail to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.
Preparation plant 800 tph dense medium cyclones and spirals and froth flotation.
Product Coals Low volatile, low ash and sulphur, high energy PCI coal, and high
energy thermal coal.
Comments
Civil works commenced late in 2002 for the relocation of a 6km section of the Peak Downs Highway and Goonyella-Hay point railway
line adjacent to the Coppabella mine, to allow access to additional open-cut resiurces amounting to almost 20Mt. An 18-month
construction phase is anticipated for the replacement infastructure.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 10 380 Queen Street
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
3.9 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
PO Box 7057
RIVERSIDE CENTRE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Fort Cooper
Macarthur Resources Pty Ltd
EPC 531
EPC 646
ML 70161
ML 70163
ML 70164
ML 70236
ML 70237
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
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Volatile
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Fixed
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CSN
Coppabella PCI
1.2 8.5
32.65
0.5
12
78.3
1
Coppabella Thermal
1.2
14
30.56
0.6
12
72.8
* 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