Foxleigh coal mine
{{Short description|Mine in Qiueensland, Australia}}
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The Foxleigh Coal Mine is a coal mine in Mackenzie River, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. It is within the Bowen Basin coal reserves of Central Queensland. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 102 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes of coal.{{cite web|url=http://www.bowenbasin.cqu.edu.au/basin_data/operating.html|title=Bowen Basin coal mines|year=2012|publisher=bowenbasin.com|accessdate=2013-07-03|archive-date=19 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419081714/http://www.bowenbasin.cqu.edu.au/basin_data/operating.html|url-status=dead}}
Coal extracted from the mine has a very low ash content which is rare in Australia and valued by steelmakers.{{Cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/nippon-takes-stake-in-foxleigh-mine-20100805-11jx8.html |title=Nippon takes stake in Foxleigh mine |accessdate=2 August 2014 |date=5 August 2010 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher= Fairfax Media }}
The mine is owned by Middlemount South, POSCO{{cite web |url=http://www.angloamerican.com.au/our-operations/metallurgical-coal/foxleigh.aspx |title=Foxleigh |publisher=Anglo American |accessdate=2 August 2014 }} and Nippon Steel. Exports leave the country via the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal at Hay Point.
History
A worker at the mine was killed on 18 December 2010, when a truck tyre exploded.{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/coronial-inquest-death-miner-foxleigh-mine/2265160/ |title=Coronial inquest into death of miner at Foxleigh Mine |author=Janessa Ekert |accessdate=2 August 2014 |date=21 May 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Mercury |publisher=The Mackay Printing and Publishing Company }}
Anglo American acquired a 70% stake in Foxleigh in 2007. Nippon Steel bought a 10% stake in the mine from Itochu in 2010.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/nippon-steel-acquires-10-of-foxleigh-metallurgical-coal-mine-from-itochu.html |title=Nippon Steel Acquires 10% of Foxleigh Metallurgical Coal Mine From Itochu |author=Masumi Suga, Ichiro Suzuki |accessdate=2 August 2014 |date=4 August 2010 |work=Bloomberg }}
In 2016, Anglo American sold their 70% share of the Foxleigh coal mine to Middlemount South, a subsidiary of Taurus Funds Management.{{Cite news | url=https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/middlemount-south-buys-anglo-american-foxleigh-coal-mine/ | title=Middlemount South buys Anglo American Foxleigh coal mine |author=Cole Latimer |accessdate= 19 September 2016 |date=29 August 2016 |newspaper=Australian Mining |publisher=Prime Creative Media}}{{Cite news | url=http://australia.angloamerican.com/media/press-releases/pr-2016/29-08-2016 | title=Anglo American completes sale of the Foxleigh mine |author=Anglo American |accessdate= 21 September 2016 |date=29 August 2016 |newspaper=Anglo American (Media Release) |publisher=Anglo American}}
See also
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Category:Coal mines in Queensland
Category:Mines in Central Queensland