Table 16 shows a catalogue of potential projects in the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion as identified by Geoscience Australia’s resource database, OZMIN (as at December 2012). The New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project has been deemed a Controlled Action by the Australian Government. As a result the New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project is being managed by Queensland’s Coordinator-General under a ‘Bilateral Agreement’ with the Australian Government. The New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project’s EIS process is well advanced, having completed formal lodgement during early 2014 and the associated stakeholder and public comment period on 3 March 2014. The New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project is currently undertaking an additional information process for its EIS. An EIS has been submitted for The Range. An EIS was not provided by the required date for Cameby Downs Expansion Plan, which caused the final Terms of Reference for the EIS to cease to have effect (Queensland Government EHP 2014). The ambreCTL Project EIS and plan is uncertain and the Columboola Project is at a pre-EIS stage. All others listed are pre-EIS stage, and described as a resource that has been reported as Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) compliant and those with resources listed are current according to OZMIN as at December 2012. Locations of the projects in relation to current mines are shown in Figure 21.
Table 16 Catalogue of potential coal resource developments in the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion
|
Project name |
Company |
Longitude |
Latitude |
Record datea |
Materialb |
Total coal resourcesc (Mt) |
Status of EISd
|
Notes |
|
ambreCTL Project (‘Felton’) |
Ambre Energy Limited |
151.618° |
–27.794° |
n.a. |
CTL (coal to liquids) |
NA |
Status uncertain |
Continuation uncertain |
|
Back Creek
|
Allegiance Coal Limited |
150.283° |
–26.283° |
26 Nov 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
98.6 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Bottle Tree |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
150.179° |
–26.156° |
26 Jun 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
35.5 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Bringalily |
Blackwood Corporation Ltd |
151.173° |
–28.031° |
31 Jul 2007 |
Thermal Coal |
124 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Bushranger (Coal) |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
150.246° |
–26.273° |
NA |
NA |
145 |
Pre-EIS |
|
|
Cameby Downs Expansion Project |
Yancoal Australia Ltd |
150.287° |
–26.578° |
30 Aug 2011 |
Thermal coal |
723 |
No EIS submitted and EIS Terms of Reference now lapsed |
EIS was due for submission 31 March 2014, but was not submitted by that date and consequently the final Terms of Reference for the EIS have ceased to have effect (Queensland Government 2014) |
|
Columboola Project |
MetroCoal Limited and SinoCoal Resources Pty Ltd |
150.333° |
–26.667° |
2013 |
Thermal coal |
1712.7 |
Pre-EIS |
|
|
Cornwall |
Aquila Resources Ltd |
148.75° |
–26.183° |
4 May 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
466 |
Pre-EIS |
Mineral development licence granted; conceptual study will be performed; no EIS reportable |
|
Dalby West |
MetroCoal Limited |
150.95° |
–27.15° |
9 Dec 2011 |
Thermal Coal |
520 |
Pre-EIS |
Tenure overlapped by CSG activity and as a result unlikely to be accessible for 15 years (N. Villa (MetroCoal), 2014, pers. comm.) |
|
Davies Road |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
150.419° |
–26.602° |
26 Jun 2011 |
Thermal Coal |
49.4 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Glen Roslyn |
New Hope Group |
151.712° |
–27.320° |
na |
NA |
NA |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Glen Wilga |
CS Energy Ltd |
150.629° |
–26.801° |
31 Jul 2003 |
Thermal Coal |
162 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Haystack Road |
CS Energy Ltd |
150.870° |
–26.820° |
31 Jul 2003 |
Thermal Coal |
172 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Horse Creek |
Peabody Energy (Wilkie Creek) |
150.486° |
–26.368° |
31Dec 2006 |
Thermal Coal |
294 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Injune |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
148.3° |
–25.45° |
3 May 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
826.9 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Kogan EPC 867, 869, 1132 |
Carbon Energy Limited |
150.8° |
–27. 2° |
na |
NA |
NA |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Krugers |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
150.591° |
–26.560° |
26 Jun 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
163.2 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Lochbar |
NA |
151.265° |
–27.973° |
31 Jul 2003 |
Thermal Coal |
42 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
Maryvale |
Clean Global Energy Limited |
152.084° |
–28.076° |
7 Oct 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
38 |
Pre-EIS |
Na |
|
New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project |
New Acland Coal Pty Ltd |
151.707° |
–27.269° |
30 Jul 2013 |
Thermal coal |
441 |
EIS submitted |
Queensland Government ‘Coordinated Project’ and Australian Government ‘Controlled Action’. Managed by Queensland’s Coordinator-General under a ‘Bilateral Agreement’. EIS process well advanced. New Hope Group (2014) |
|
Ownaview |
Cockatoo Coal Limited and Mitsui |
151.251° |
–27.043° |
7 Jul 2010 |
Thermal Coal |
171 |
Pre-EIS |
na |
|
Pittsworth |
NA |
151.7° |
–27.7° |
31 May 2007 |
Thermal Coal |
196 |
Pre-EIS |
na |
|
Rywung |
Yancoal Australia Ltd |
150.468° |
–26.679° |
30 Apr 2009 |
Thermal Coal |
323.37 |
Pre-EIS |
na |
|
Sabine |
New Hope Group |
151.684° |
–27.368° |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Pre-EIS |
na |
|
Sefton Park |
Yancoal Australia Ltd |
150.584° |
–26.787° |
30 Jun 2005 |
Thermal Coal |
47.17 |
Pre-EIS |
na |
|
Surat Coal (Carbon Energy) |
Carbon Energy Limited |
150.66° |
–27.25° |
10 Sep 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
1366.6 |
Pre-EIS |
Plans for 35Pj SNG plant adjacent to Bloodwood Creek site pending government approval (M Cid (Carbon Energy), 2014, pers. comm.) |
|
The Range Project |
Stanmore Coal Limited |
150.211° |
–26.204° |
26 Oct 2012 |
Thermal coal |
287 |
EIS submitted |
Pre-feasibility and Feasibility studies completed. Stanmore Coal (2014); Queensland Government EHP (2013) |
|
Tin Hut Creek |
Cockatoo Coal Limited |
150.153° |
–26.408° |
26 Jun 2012 |
Thermal Coal |
343.6 |
Pre-EIS |
Initial baseline studies have commenced (R Punt (Cockatoo Coal), 2014, pers. comm.) |
|
Wandoan |
Cougar Energy Limited |
150.034° |
–26.436° |
18 Aug 2009 |
Thermal Coal |
341.3 |
Pre-EIS |
na |
aThe record date is the most recent date for updated coal resource numbers
bMaterials fall into one of the following four classes: thermal coal, coking coal, pulverised coal injection (PCI) and unspecified
cThis is calculated by summing the resources with Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) codes of measured, indicated and inferred
dThe status of the project within an environmental impact statement (EIS): pre-EIS, EIS in preparation, EIS submitted, EIS closed, supplementary EIS and EIS approved.
NA means ‘data not available’; na means ‘data not applicable’; EPC = exploration permit for coal
Figure 21 Map showing mining and resources in Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion
Source data: OZMIN database, Geoscience Australia, current as of December 2012
