Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
140
Riverside
Bowen
Operator
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
Principal Holder BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3226 0600 Fax: +61 7 3229 2575
Location
30km north of Moranbah.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Moranbah Coal Measures of Late Permian age dipping at 5 degrees
to the east. Coal is mined from the Goonyella Lower seam.
Mining Method Opencut strip mining is undertaken using a truck and shovel pre-
stripping fleet and two draglines for overburden removal. The coal is
loaded by front-end loader into bottom dump trucks for haulage to the
preparation plant.
Moranbah
Transport
198km by rail from the port of Hay Point near Mackay
Preparation plant Heavy medium cyclones, froth flotation and spirals
Product Coals Medium volatile coking coal, which has good plastic properties and
blending characteristics
Comments
Mining operations at Riverside are integrated with the adjacent Goonyella open-cut mine, owned by the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi
Alliance (BMA). The combined workforce is administered under one management structure, although coals from each mine is
marketed separately. BMA operates the Riverside mine on behalf of BMC. Coal reserves at Riverside amenable to opencut mining
are nearly depleted and mining is expected to cease during the 2006 calendar year.
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
Related Website
Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Riverside Centre 123 Eagle St
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Size*:
Production
3 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
GPO Box 1389
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
BHP Billiton Limited
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
ML 1764
ML 1802
ML 1900
ML 70121
ML 70193 (appl)
ML 70194 (appl)
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
Total (ad)
energy (ad)
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Volatile
matter (ad)
Fixed
carbon (ad)
CSN
Riverside
1.1 9.8
32.21
0.55
22
67.1
7.5
* Sites: Small < 50Mt, Medium 51 to 150Mt, Large 151 to 500Mt, Very Large > 500Mt measured and indicated
Mines: Small < 2Mt, Medium > 2Mt < 10Mt, Large > 5Mt < 10Mt, Very Large > 10Mt annual saleable coal production
Data updated March 2005