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Byerwen Mine

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Byerwen Mine

Location: 28 km W from Glenden, Queensland, Australia

Address:

Level 15/40 Creek Street
PO Box 10630
Brisbane
Queensland, Australia
4000

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
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SnapshotPart of Queensland’s rich Bowen Basin, the Byerwen mine showcases Queensland’s incredible resources potential. Mining operations have commenced, and construction of the Stage 1 Coal Handling and Preparation Plant is complete.

On August 22, 2024, operations at the Byerwen mine were suspended following a fatal collision between a light vehicle and a haul truck, which claimed the life of a worker. On September 2, 2024, Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) approved the resumption of activities.
Latest NewsMacmahon locks in $900 million Byerwen extension     April 10, 2025

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
JFE Steel Corp. 15 % Indirect
QCoal Group 85 % Indirect
Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd (operator) 100 % Direct
The Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd. is a joint venture between QCoal (85%) and JFE Steel (15%). It is operated by Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd.

QCoal is a privately owned Queensland company based in Brisbane. JFE Steel is a subsidiary of the JFE Group of Japan.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The project is located within the Northern Bowen Basin which is characterised by typical basin fill fluvial (and some marine) sediments, comprising mudstones, siltstones, sandstones and coal seams.

The Bowen Basin contains Early Permian rocks of the marginal marine Back Creek Group, Late Permian coal-bearing (non-marine) strata of the Blackwater Group, fluviatile sedimentary rocks of Triassic Rewan Group, and overlying Tertiary basalt and sediments of the Suttor Formation and Quaternary alluvium deposits.

Coal Measures
The Blackwater Group contains Permian age (i.e. 248-290 million years) coal measures. The Rangal Coal Measures represent the uppermost unit of the Blackwater Group, and although attaining a maximumthickness in the order of 220 m, are generally less than 100 m thick in the project area. Coal from the Rangal Coal Measures may be mined during the latter half of the mine life. The main seam of interest in the Rangal Coal Measures is the Leichhardt seam, a correlation of the Upper Newlands seam which is between 4.5 and 6.5 m thick in the surrounding vicinity.

The Fort Cooper Coal Measures, the central unit of the Blackwater Group, do not contain target coal seams in the project area (based on resource drilling undertaken). However, current coal extraction from the FCCM may be undertaken should suitable seams be identified during operations.

The Moranbah Coal Measures (MCM) are the lowermost formation of the Blackwater Group and represent the main stratigraphic unit of interest in the project area. This unit is approximately 290 mthick in the project area and contains up to seven persistent coal seams. The principal seams of economic interest are the Goonyella Lower (6 to 8 m thick) and Goonyella Middle (6 to 10 m thick). This unit conformably overlies the marginal marine Exmoor Formation.

Geological Structure
The project area is located southwest of the Burton Range Fault Zone, a major northwest trending reverse fault. Thrust faults with a similar trend are indicated to be present in the broader area surrounding the project, and include the Suttor Creek Fault which passes through the project area. The main strike direction of the thrust faults is north-west. Evidence of smaller-scale faulting within the project area has also been identified during exploration works, in the form of seam repetitions and in- seam shear zones. The Permian formations in the project area strike north-north west, dipping to the east at between 4o and 12o .

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Comminution

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018
Coal (thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,332,8461,602,628
Coal (hard coking) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe844,58359,894
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,982,422 t2,217,160 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,688,456 t1,695,727 t
Raw coal annual capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe15 Mt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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