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Jax Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Jax mine is operated as part of the wider QCoal Northern Hub which incorporates the adjoining Drake and Sonoma operating mines.

Coal from the Jax Mine is processed through the QCoal Northern Hub infrastructure facility and railed to Abbot Point Coal Terminal.

QCoal wants to expand the Jax mine by 500 hectares, representing a 53.8% increase in its current Category A area and to revise the layout and sequencing of Jax's mining plan to reflect recent exploration programs that have led to an updated model of its underlying coal resource.

The expansion of the Jax mine is subject to approval from the Queensland government.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
QCoal Group 100 % Indirect
QCoal Pty Ltd owns and operates the Jax mine.

Contractors

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The QCoal Northern Hub (QNH) is located in the northern Bowen Basin.

The QNH is underlain by the late Permian Blackwater Group consisting of lithic sandstone, siltstone, shale, conglomerate, dolomite and tuff and minor coal. This is surrounded and underlain by the low to upper Permian Blenheim Subgroup described as a succession of siltstone, sandstone, conquite and limestone (i.e. the Blackwater Group is an outlier surrounded by the Blenheim Subgroups). The Collinsville Coal Measures underlie the Blenheim Group.

Regionally, the stratigraphic sequence is summarised as follows: the Permo-Triassic sediments of the Bowen Basin are overlain by a veneer of unconsolidated Quaternary alluvium and colluvium, poorly consolidated Tertiary sediments and, in places, remnants of Tertiary basalt flows. The stratigraphy comprises basal Lizzie Creek Volcanics and overlying marine Back Creek Group, non-marine Blackwater Group, and Tertiary sediments of the Suttor Formation.

The coal measures targeted by the QNH is the Fort Cooper and the Moranbah Coal Measures.

Geological detail in the QNH area is intermittently obscured by alluvium and gravel, especially adjacent to creeks and watercourses.

Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2025202420232022202120202019
Coal (thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe344,919
Coal (hard coking) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe212,775
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2025202420232022202120202019
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,162,692 t
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe765,736 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

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