Commodore Mine (Queensland, Australia)

The Commodore mine is an open-pit coal mine located in Domville and Clontarf, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The majority stake in the mine is owned by InterGen Australia.[1]

Commodore Mine
Location
Commodore Mine
Queensland
Country Australia
Coordinates27.944294°S 151.258300°E / -27.944294; 151.258300
Production
ProductsThermal black coal
Production3.6Mtpa
TypeOpen-pit
Owner
CompanyInterGen Australia – 53.69%
Marubeni Corporation – 30%
GEC – 6.31%
EIF Group – 5%
Tohoku Electric Power – 5%
Franco-Nevada Corporation – Royalties

History

Since 2000, the engineering company Downer EDI Mining has been operating the Commodore Mine.[2]

In September 2014, Downer EDI Mining renewed its contract to manage the mine for 5 more years for $250 million.[2]

In September 2018, Downer EDI Mining renewed its contract to manage the mine for 5 more years for $286 million.[3]

Description

Situated around 200 kilometers west of Brisbane in Queensland's Surat Basin, the Commodore Mine is adjacent to the 850 mega-watt coal-fired Millmerran Power Station, to which the mine is the only source of coal fuel supply, having made its first delivery there in February 2003.[1][4]

The Commodore mine employs about 50 staff onsite in total. Almost half the total workforce has been employed from the local community.[1] The mine's geology is made up of gently folded Walloon coal measures of middle Jurassic age, dipping generally at less than three degrees. Three banded seams are visible: Kooroongarra (up to 3 metres thick), Commodore (averaging 5.2metres thick) and Bottom Rider (between 0.5metres and 0.9metres thick).[1]

The mine operates on biodiesel fuel, and developed a system that independently verifies fugitive methane gas emissions.[5]

By 1 January 1999, Commodore had a thermal coal resource of 177Mt. The mine produced 3.250Mt to 31 December 2005, and has roughly 3.6Mtpa production capacity.[1]

The mine is operated by Downer EDI Mining.[5]

Ownership

Awards
  • 2011: Premiers ClimateSmart Sustainability Award[5]

References
  1. COMMODORE: Company Profile, Australia: miningoilandgas.com.au, archived from the original on 8 November 2012, retrieved 18 September 2012
  2. "Downer Jobs Secured In $250 Mil Commodore Mine Contract". Iminco.net. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. Monica Gameng (6 September 2018). "Downer continues operation at QLD Commodore coal mine with new $286m contract". Plantminer.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. Operations, Australia: InterGen, archived from the original on 12 October 2012, retrieved 18 September 2012


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