Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
126
Cook
Bowen
Operator
Cook Resource Mining Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Cook Resource Mining Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 4986 1600 Fax: +61 7 4986 1655
Location
29km south of Blackwater.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age, dipping east at
generally 3 to 5 degrees, though local structures can increase this to
30 degrees. Two significant coal seams are present: Castor - 2.7m to
3.2m; & Argo - 4m av.
Mining Method Underground - bord and pillar extraction using continuous miners.
Rangal
Transport
318 km by rail to the port of Gladstone.
Preparation plant Jig, dense medium cyclones, spirals and classifying cyclones.
Capacity - 500 tph.
Product Coals Medium volatile coking coal. Medium volatile thermal coal.
Comments
Working
Status:
Mine
Type:
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Basin:
Synonyms:
Address
Level 44, Gateway 1 Macquarie Place
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Small
Small
Small
Small
Size*:
Production
0.4 Million tonnes per annum (2003 - 04).
PO Box 119
BLACKWATER
Qld 4717
Street
Postal
Burngrove Fm
Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
ML 1768
ML 1769
ML 1779
ML 1799
ML 7357
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
Total (ad)
energy (ad)
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Volatile
matter (ad)
Fixed
carbon (ad)
CSN
Cook Coking
1.4
7
32.8
0.4
27.5
64.1
7.5
Cook Thermal
1.6
13
30.1
0.32
24
61.4
* 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