÷Some of the more notable coal companies in Australia are the following:
Summary of coal companies
Anglo Coal Australia Ltd
Anglo Coal Australia Ltd owns and operates a number of mines in Queensland and New South Wales.
Mines
Callide mine: is a leading Queensland domestic coal producer providing low-sulphur, sub-bituminous thermal coal primarily for domestic power generation. The coalfields cover an area of 180 square kilometres and contain seams up to 26 metres thick. Annual production is 7 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of sub-bituminous thermal coal. At December 2014, estimates for ROM reserves are approximately 202 Mt of domestic and export thermal quality, with an additional 262 Mt of mineable in-situ resources outside the current mine layout. Capcoal operates three underground mines and an open-cut mine which all produce premium quality hard coking coal for export steel markets. The majority of coal is mined from the German Creek Formation, noted for containing hard coking coal of exceptionally high quality. The German Creek Sequence contains five coal seam intervals known as the German Creek, Corvus, Tieri, Aquila and Pleiades seams. Annual Production: Capcoal mines 11.8 Mt of coal each year to produce in excess of 8.5 Mt of prime quality hard coking coal. Reserves for the mining leases controlled by Capcoal cover 27,343 hectares and estimated resources exceed one billion tonnes with in situ mineable reserves of 125 Mt. Dartbrook mine was an underground mine located north of Muswellbrook, New South Wales. Drayton mine an open cut mine operated by Anglo Coal (Drayton Management) Pty Ltd, located approximately 13 kilometres south east of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter Valley. It commenced operations in 1983 as a 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) thermal coal producer. Foxleigh mineAnglo Coal Australia acquired a 70% interest in Foxleigh coal mine on 29 February 2008. Foxleigh is an open-cut operation located adjacent to Anglo Coal Australia's Capcoal Surface Operation, in the heart of the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland. Foxleigh currently produces a low volatile pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal product for use in steelmaking applications around the world. Foxleigh coal is taken from the Middlemount, Tralee, Roper and Pisces seams from within the Rangal coal measures in the southern Bowen Basin. Annual Production: Foxleigh produces approximately 2.5 million tonnes per annum of pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal for the steelmaking industry. The mine's production capacity is 3.3 million tonnes per annum of product coal. Reserves are estimated at approximately 290 million tonnes – Foxleigh and surrounding tenements are the subject of ongoing exploration and feasibility studies. Grasstree mineUnderground longwall mine produces approx 10 million tonnes per annum of metallurgical coal. It is located near Middlemount Central Queensland. Moranbah North coal mine located in the northern part of Queensland's Bowen Basin around 18 kilometres north of the town of Moranbah. Mining commenced at Moranbah North in 1998. The mining lease covers annual production of 4.5 Mt of hard coking coal. Reserves of over 20 years mine life. Dawson mine located in Moura, Queensland, has been an open-cut mine since 1994.
Bloomfield Collieries Pty Ltd
The Bloomfield Group is an Australian owned group of private companies which operate in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The Group has interests in mining and engineering. It operates two open-cut coal mines: Bloomfield at East Maitland and Rix's Creek at Singleton. Rix's Creek is 5 km north west of Singleton on the New England Highway. Situated in the Whittingham Coal Measures, it is part of the Singleton Super Group including the Barrett, Liddell, Arties and Pikes Gully seams. The mine produces 0.88 million tonnes per annum.