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Moranbah is a coal mining town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Moranbah had a population of 9,425 people. [1] In addition to the permanent population, Moranbah also has a large fly-in fly-out population working in Moranbah's mines: in excess of 1,500. [4]
Moranbah Airport (IATA: MOV, ICAO: YMRB) is an airport serving Moranbah, Queensland, Australia. [1] It is located 3.25 nautical miles (6.02 km; 3.74 mi) south of Moranbah and operated by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, [1] a coal mining company. The airport averages 40 QantasLink flights each week, most of these being Dash-8 Q400 aircraft. In July ...
The Moranbah North Coal Mine is a coal mine in the Bowen Basin at Moranbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 261 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 8 million tonnes of coal. [1]
The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia.It services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin, carrying coal to the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 20 km southeast of Mackay, as well as products to other destinations by way of connections to the North Coast Line at Yukan and the Central Line at Burngrove via the Gregory coal mine branch.
The nearest government secondary school is Moranbah State High School, also in Moranbah. [6] However, most of Pasha is too distant from these schools for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.
Moranbah [13] 45 15 coal seam gas: Mt Isa XPS41: 47.5 19 natural gas: Rochedale: 3.3 3 landfill gas: Roghan Road: 1.95 1 landfill gas: Stapylton: 1 1 landfill gas: Suntown, Arundel: 1 1 landfill gas: Swanbank B: 7 1 landfill gas: Thompson Power Station 24 8 natural gas: Whitwood Road: 1.1 1 landfill gas: Molendinar: 0.7 1 landfill gas
Coppabella is in the Galilee Basin mining area. The Peak Downs Highway passes through the locality from north-east to south-west. The Goonyella railway line also passes through the area, with branch lines to service the mines. [3] Two active mines in the area are the Millenium coal mine and Moorvale coal mine, both owned and operated by Peabody ...
In 2023, there was outrage when it was announced that the town of Glenden would be demolished as it was a requirement of the original mine approval that a complete rehabilitiation of the area was undertaken when the mine closed. This announcement came at a time of high levels of homelessness in Queensland due to a shortage of homes. [9]