Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
280
Foxleigh
Bowen
Operator
Foxleigh Mining Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Foxleigh Joint Venture
Phone: +61 7 3220 0800 Fax: +61 7 3220 0449
Location
12km south of Middlemount.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age subcropping in a north
westerly direction over a 15 km strike length. Four coal seams/ seam
combinations dipping at 6 to 13 degrees to the north east are
present - they are Roper (0.8-2.5m), Middlemount (3.5-7.5m),
Tralee1-2 (1-1.5m), and Pisces1A-B (1.5-5m). Faulting has
duplicated the subcrop over much of the area, increasing the
potential resource tonnages available to open cut extraction.
Mining Method Opencut using shovel and truck extraction operated by contractors.
Rangal
Transport
Raw coal is trucked 28km to the German Creek mine washplant for
processing. The product coal is then railed 270km to the Dalrymple
Bay Coal Terminal for export.
Preparation plant None on site; the raw coal is processed at the nearby German Creek
mine washplant.
Product Coals Low ash, low volatile, high fixed carbon PCI coal for the export market
Comments
This mine commenced production in Februrary 2000, based on a moderate sized resource of high quality low volatile PCI coal.
Additional resources have been identified to the east and south-east of the mine area, and are being evaluated for future
development.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
Basin:
Synonyms: Roper Creek
Address
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
2 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 843
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
CAML Resources Pty Ltd
Itochu Coal Resources Australia Pty Ltd
Bowen Basin Investments Pty Ltd
EPC 617
ML 70171
ML 70309
ML 70310
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
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Volatile
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Fixed
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CSN
Foxleigh Medium Ash
1.3 9.5
31.8
0.6
11.8
77.4
0
Foxleigh Premium
1.5
7
33.1
0.5
12.5
79
0.5
* 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