Cameby Downs coal mine
The Cameby Downs Coal Mine is a coal mine located 16 km south-east of Miles on the Darling Downs in Queensland. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 688 million tonnes of thermal coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. Coal is extracted from the Juandah Formation in the Surat Basin.[1]
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Darling Downs |
| Region | Queensland |
| Country | Australia |
| Production | |
| Products | Coking coal |
| History | |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Yancoal |
Mining operations began in 2010. The mine has an annual production capacity of 2 million tonnes of coal.[2] It is owned by Yancoal.[3]
Cameby Downs was one of numerous Queensland mines closed during the 2010–11 Queensland floods.
Syntech Resources, who owned the mine in 2009 and itself was owned by Goldman Sachs, announced plans for a significant expansion of production from 1.8.[1]
Exports from the mine leave via the Port of Brisbane.[3]
When the mine was constructed, the missing Wandoan-Moura Rail Link was expected to be completed, when Queensland Rail cancelled this, the mine was left with a much slower production rate and left to use the few remaining slots on the West Moreton Rail Corridor, Main Line railway.
References
- "Cameby Downs Expansion Project". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- "Cameby Downs Coal Mine". Yancoal. 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- Matt Chambers (3 August 2011). "China's Yanzhou Coal buys Aussie mine for $202m". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2013.