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Commodore Mine

Location: 5 km S from Millmerran, Queensland, Australia

Regional Office:

Central Plaza 1 Level 31/345 Queen Street
Brisbane
Queensland, Australia
4000

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Commodore Coal Mine is produced coal for the adjacent 870-megawatt (MW) Millmerran Power Station.

Millmerran Power Station is a highly efficient ‘mine-mouth’ operation, which means fuel supply arrives via conveyor belt from an Commodore Coal Mine.

The Millmerran Power Project (MPP) is the combined Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine and involves the continuation of mining and processing of coal reserves around Commodore Coal Mine.

Mining contractor BUMA concluded its operations at Commodore Mine in September 2024. All mining activities at the Commodore Coal Mine are currently undertaken by EPSA (EPSA Pacific) as contract miner.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Genuity Pty Ltd 100 % Indirect
The principal mining lease holder is Queensland Power Company Limited.

The holder of the Environmental Authority (EA) for the Commodore Coal Mine is Millmerran Power Partners, a general partnership comprised of:

• Millmerran Investment Company Pte Ltd;

• Queensland Power (Australia) Pty Ltd;

• Queensland Power Company Pty Limited.

The Commodore Coal Mine is an open-cut, black coal mine owned by Genuity Pty Ltd as part of the Millmerran Power Project.

All mining activities at the Commodore Coal Mine are currently undertaken by EPSA (EPSA Pacific) as contract miner, under agreement with the Genuity / Millmerran Power Project entities.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Commodore coal deposit consists predominately of a single coal seam (the M seam) with a number of individual coal plies separated by thin parting bands. The M seam is generally 5.5 to 6.5 m thick, thinning towards the western and eastern sides of the deposit and subcrops to the north, south and east. The seam generally dips at less than 5º. The overburden thickness within the mining area ranges from 10-50 m, averaging around 23 m in depth. The upper 4 to 16 m of the overburden (depending on location), is generally clay and sandy clay, underlain by variably weathered mudstone and sandstone.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.
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Processing

Summary:

The coal mined from Commodore directly supplies the Millmerran Power Station, which is adjacent to the mine.

Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,417,4003,810,0863,580,8693,549,217
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

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Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,417,400 t of ROM coal3,810,086 t of ROM coal3,580,869 t of ROM coal3,559,217 t of ROM coal

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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