Jeebropilly Mine
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Amberley |
State | Queensland |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 27°39′14″S 152°39′54″E / 27.654°S 152.665°E |
Owner | |
Company | New Hope Coal |
The Jeebropilly Mine is an open pit coal mine in the Moreton Basin near Amberley in South East Queensland. The mine is owned by New Hope Coal.
The mine ceased operations after 25 years of extraction in February 2007. The mine's closure left one operating mine in Ipswich.[1] To offset the loss of production from Jeebropilly Mine, New Hope expanded mining at the New Acland Mine.[2] The coal-washing plant at Jeebropilly continued to operate so that coal from New Oakleigh Mine could be processed.[1]
The mine was recommissioned in 2008 due to high export prices for coal.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Coal Mining Then & Now" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "Bit of a stretch". The Australian. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "New Hope to increase coal output". The Australian. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2009.