Coking coal

Hail Creek Mine produces a low ash, low sulphur, low volatile hard coking coal which produces coke with high hot and cold strength, under conditions of low coke oven wall pressure. This coal is used as a key component of coke blends by many major international steel mills and coke works, and allows high coke strength to be achieved even in the presence of increased proportions of lower quality coals.

Exploration studies were initially undertaken on the Hail Creek around 30 years ago, which identified it as a prime hard coking coal resource.  The chemical and physical properties of Hail Creek's products are determined using a comprehensive range of tests based on bore cores, production samples and train and shipment samples.  Coke oven testing is also conducted regularly to ensure product performance standards are maintained.

The Hail Creek Mine expansion project was completed in 2006, increasing the capacity of the mine by nearly one third, only three years after its opening in 2003. Hail Creek Mine can now produce eight million tonnes of coking coal.

Hail Creek Mine's location makes excellent use of the surrounding transport infrastructure. A 52-kilometre Northern Bowen Basin link joins the existing Queensland Rail coal haulage network. This feeds directly into the Dalrymple Bay Coal at the Port of Hay Point, 123 km to the east on the Central Queensland Coast.

For more information on Hail Creek Mine's products and technical specifications contact our marketing team.