22°08′20″S 148°23′10″E / 22.139°S 148.386°E The Olive Downs mine is an open-cut mine for metallurgical coal in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. It is located 40 kilometres south-east of Moranbah, about 140 km south-west of Mackay. The mine straddles the Isaac River.[1] The mine has a production life of 80 years and is expected to deliver steelmaking coal to Japan, South Korea, India,[2] and China.[3]
Olive Downs is owned by Pembroke Resources. Once operational it will be the third largest coal mine in Queensland, producing up to 15 million tonnes a year.[1] It has reserves of 514 million tonnes.[4]
Construction of the mine had begun by April 2022.[5] It began production in April 2023.[6]
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- ^ a b Blucher, Alexandra; Stewart, John (10 March 2021). "Pembroke's Olive Downs coal mine approved despite department's concerns about waterways". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Olive Downs Coking Coal Complex". Pembroke Resources. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Zillman, Stephanie (29 September 2020). "Queensland Government grants approval for state's third-largest coal mine with 1,000 jobs promised". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Loftus, Tobi (1 July 2021). "Federal Government to loan Olive Downs coal mine project near Moranbah $175m". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Ground broken on job-generating Olive Downs project" (PDF). www.pembrokeresources.com.au. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Kelise Tibben (22 April 2024). "Olive Downs officially opens". Australian Mining. Retrieved 27 April 2024.