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Daunia Mine

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Daunia Mine

Location: 23 km E from Moranhab, Queensland, Australia

Address:

Millennium Poitrel Access Road via Peak Downs Highway
Moranbah
Queensland, Australia
4744

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
  • Coal (coking)
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotDaunia is one of nine metallurgical coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

The mine produces hard coking coal and pulverised coal injection metallurgical coal product. Daunia’s coal products are exported to customers across Asia through the Hay Point Coal Terminal or Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal near Mackay.

Daunia is adjacent to Whitehaven’s Winchester South development project, which will provide opportunities for future synergies including potential integration of operations.

The mine is currently operating in fully autonomous mode.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Whitehaven Coal Ltd. 100 % Indirect
On April 2, 2024, Whitehaven Coal completed the acquisition of 100% of the Daunia metallurgical coal mine and all of the shares in South Blackwater Coal Pty Ltd from BHP and Mitsubishi Development (“Mitsubishi”) (together, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (“BMA”)).
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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Bituminous coal is mined from the Permian Moranbah and Rangal Coal measures. Products range from premium quality, low volatile, high vitrinite, hard coking coal to medium volatile hard coking coal, to weak coking coal, some pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal and medium ash thermal coal as a secondary product.

Resources occur in the Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age, in a graben-like structurally deforme basin. Dips in the coal measures are variable and range from 5–30°. Two seams are present: Leichhardt — 5.1m average thickness; Vermont — 2.8m average thickness.

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Comminution

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (coking) t  ....  Subscribe
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Coal (metallurgical & thermal) kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Coal (metallurgical) kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,3565,1125,1205,2484,766
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics202420232022202120202019201820172016
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5,451,899 t6,093,670 t5,990,593 t6,060,224 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5,521,247 t6,066,997 t5,964,022 t6,159,010 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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EV - Electric
AV - Autonomous

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