The Commodore mine is an open-pit coal mine located in
Domville and
Clontarf,
Toowoomba Region,
Queensland,
Australia
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. The majority stake in the mine is owned by InterGen Australia.
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History
Since 2000, the engineering company Downer EDI Mining has been operating the Commodore Mine.
In September 2014, Downer EDI Mining renewed its contract to manage the mine for 5 more years for $250 million.
In September 2018, Downer EDI Mining renewed its contract to manage the mine for 5 more years for $286 million.
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
The Millmerran Power Station is a coal-fired power station south of Millmerran in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The power station was commissioned in 2002 and cost $1.5 billion to build. The power station is owned and oper ...
, to which the mine is the only source of coal fuel supply, having made its first delivery there in February 2003.
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The Commodore mine employs about 50 staff onsite in total. Almost half the total workforce has been employed from the local community.
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).
The mine operates on biodiesel fuel, and developed a system that independently verifies fugitive
methane gas emissions.
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.
The mine is operated by Downer EDI Mining.
Ownership
* InterGen Australia – 53.69%
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Marubeni Corporation – 30%
* GEC – 6.31%
* EIF Group – 5%
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Tohoku Electric Power
is an electric utility, servicing 7.6 million individual and corporate customers in six prefectures in Tōhoku region plus Niigata Prefecture. It provides electricity at 100 V, 50 Hz, though some area use 60 Hz.
Tohoku Electric Power ...
– 5%
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Franco-Nevada Corporation – Royalties
Awards
* 2011: Premiers ClimateSmart Sustainability Award
References
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Coal mines in Queensland
Surface mines in Australia
Marubeni
Toowoomba Region