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Gregory Crinum Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
  • Bord-and-pillar
  • Continuous
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SnapshotThe Gregory Crinum coking coal mine (GCM) was originally an open-cut mining operation that later added underground mining at Crinum Mine.

Crinum UG mine was suspended after the roof collapse in September 2021.

The existing Gregory Crinum mine has been extended through the development of M-Block. The additional coal is utilised for steel production only.

The project will initially commence with open-cut mining in the northern parts of the M-Block (project area) for the first three years before transitioning to underground operations.

The M-Block extension project received EPBC approval (EPBC 2021/9127) on 30 August 2023. Open pit mining commenced 19th December 2023.

As of May 2025, at the underground operation, the outbye conveyor system is being installed. The coal face has been reached, and the second drift has been completed. With all orders and restrictions cleared, Sojitz officially entered the next phase as an underground owner-operator.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Sojitz Corp. 100 % Indirect
Sojitz Gregory Mining Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The Gregory Crinum coking coal mine is 100% owned and operated by Sojitz Corporation through its Australian subsidiary, Sojitz Blue Pty Ltd.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Bowen Basin in Central Queensland contains most of Australia’s high quality metallurgical (coking and pulverised coal injection (PCI)) coal reserves, as well as significant deposits of thermal coal.

Bituminous coal is mined from the Permian German Creek Coal measures.

The Gregory Crinum Mine is located within the Early Permian to Middle Triassic structural framework of the Bowen Basin foreland. Deposition in the Bowen Basin commenced during an Early Permian extensional phase, with a thick sequence of coals and non-marine clastics being deposited to the west. Rifting was followed by a phase of thermal subsidence from mid-Early to Late Permian, during which a basin-wide transgression allowed deposition of extensive coal measures.

The regional stratigraphy surrounding the M Block supports three dominant geological formations. The east and south-east are dominated by the Permian Fair Hill Formation, Fort Cooper Coal Measures (Pwt). This is a composite unit consisting predominantly of sedimentary rocks with a lithology of sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone, carbonaceous shale, coal and cherty tuff. To the west and north is the Late Permian German Creek Formation (Pbd), a laminated unit consisting dominantly of arenite mudstone with a lithology of quartzose to sublabile, locally argillaceous sandstone, lithic and feldspathic sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone and coal. The site is underlain by the stratified Late Permian McMillan Formation (Pbn), which is predominantly arenite mudstone with a lithology of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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