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Goonyella Riverside Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in the Bowen Basin. [1] It is one of many coal mines in Central Queensland, Australia and is located at Moranbah about 30 km north of the township. [2] The mine produced 12.4 million tonnes of metallurgical coal from July 2012 to June 2013. [3] In 2019 this figure was 17.1 million ...
The North Goonyella Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Bowen Basin at Moranbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 175 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Australia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 2 million tonnes of coal.
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 Goonyella railway line is the main route for exports of coal via Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point. [5] Exports are also sent via the Port of Gladstone . [ 6 ] [ The Kestrel coal mine , near Emerald was named after a bird found in the area.
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]
The Blackwater railway system is located in Central Queensland and services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin. It carries coal, as well as products, to other destinations by way of connections to the North Coast Line at Rocklands and the Goonyella Line via Gregory coal mine to Oaky Creek.
This resulted in the line from Newlands being extended 68 km to North Goonyella coal mine, known as the Goonyella – Abbot Point (GAP) project (also sometimes referred to as the Northern Missing Link), opening in 2012. This section was built with 60 kg/m rail, a maximum grade of 1 in 55 (~1.8%), and a maximum axle load of 26.5 tonnes, the same ...
Peak Downs Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in Queensland located 31 km SSE of Moranbah. [1] Peak Downs is one of seven mines in Bowen Basin owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, Australia's largest coal miner and exporter. Production at Peak Downs started in 1972. By 2022 it was producing 37 million tonnes of coal per year. [2]