Peak Downs Mine

Peak Downs Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in Queensland located 31 km SSE of Moranbah.^[1] Peak Downs is one of seven mines in Bowen Basin owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, Australia's largest coal miner and exporter. Production at Peak Downs started in 1972. By 2022 it was producing 37 million tonnes of coal per year.^[2]

Peak Downs Mine

Coal Handling and Preparation Plant
Location
Peak Downs Mine Location in Australia
Location	Moranbah
State	Queensland
Country	Australia
Coordinates	22°15′16″S 148°10′50″E
Production
Products	Coal
Production	37,000,000 Tonnes / Year
History
Opened	April 1972
Owner
Company	BHP Mitsubishi Alliance

The Caval Ridge Coal Mine, which will be located adjacent to Peak Downs, will begin construction in 2011 and export by 2014. It is expected to process 2.5 million tons of coal each year from Peak Downs.^[3]

The National Pollution Inventory revealed this mine was the biggest generator of airborne pollution in the country for the 2015–16 financial year.^[4]

See also

• Queensland portal

• Coal in Australia
• List of coal mines in Queensland