Across the Surat Basin there are both expansions of existing coal mining projects and new ventures looking at the production of over 30 million tonnes of coal per annum.
New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3
The Stage 3 proposal is to expand the existing New Acland open cut coal mine from 4.8 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) to produce up to 10 Mtpa of thermal coal for sale on the domestic and export energy markets.
Wandoan Coal Project
The Wandoan Joint Venture (WJV) is proposing a new open cut thermal coal mine and supporting infrastructure with the capacity to the produce around 30 million tonnes per annum of run of mine (ROM) coal, over a 30 year period.
Cameby Downs Expansion Project
Syntech Resources Pty Ltd proposes to expand the Cameby Downs mine, located approximately 360 kilometres west, north-west of Brisbane and 16km north-east of Miles, in south-east Queensland. The mine extracts thermal coal from the Juandah Formation in the Surat Basin.
Elimatta Project
The Elimatta project site is situated within the Western Downs Regional Council area, approximately 35 kilometres west of the Wandoan township. The project would have an open-cut pit mining thermal coal at up to 8 million tonnes a year (Mt/y) run-of-mine (ROM) coal to produce 5 Mt/y of product coal for export.
Felton Mine and Dimethyl Ether Pilot Plant Project
The proposalis for the operation of an open cut mine and a dimethyl ether (DME) pilot plant to produce syngas for the production of 455 tonnes per day of DME and the co-generation of electricity.
Glen Wilga Project
The Chinchilla East Coal Project has been established to develop the Glen Wilga and Haystack Road coal deposits.
Woori Coal Project
This project is situated west of Gulugaba. The proposed open cut coal mine would produce an initial rate of 3 million tonnes a year (mt/y) run of mine (ROM) thermal coal for export.
