The Jellinbah East Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the

Bowen Basin The Bowen Basin contains the largest coal reserves in Australia. This major coal-producing region contains one of the world's largest deposits of bituminous coal. The Basin contains much of the known Permian coal resources in Queensland includ ...

at Jellinbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 196 million tonnes of

coking coal Metallurgical coal or coking coal is a grade of coal that can be used to produce good-quality coke. Coke is an essential fuel and reactant in the blast furnace process for primary steelmaking. The demand for metallurgical coal is highly coupled ...

, one of the largest coal reserves in

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and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes of coal. The mine is owned by the Jellinbah East Joint Venture which is composed of Jellinbah Group (70%), Marubeni Coal (15%) and Sojitz Coal (15%). The Central pit is mined by the owner while the Plains pit is mined by Leighton Contractors. Leighton started operations in 2013 after taking over from the John Holland Group in 2013. The mine was founded by Sam Chong, Jim Gorman, Gary Zamel and the late Ken Talbot. Operations at the open-cut mine begin in 1989. Coal from Jellinbah East is exported via truck to the

Blackwater railway system The Blackwater railway system is located in Central Queensland and services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin. It carries coal, as well as products, to other destinations by way of connections to the North Coast Line at Rocklands and t ...

and on to the Port of Gladstone.

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