Jellinbah coal mine

{{Short description|Mine in Queensland, Australia}}

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| owner = Jellinbah East Joint Venture

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The Jellinbah East Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Bowen Basin at Jellinbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 196 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Australia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3.5 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}}

The mine is owned by the Jellinbah East Joint Venture which is composed of Jellinbah Group (70%), Marubeni Coal (15%) and Sojitz Coal (15%).{{cite web|url=http://www.jellinbah.com.au/operations/jellinbah-mine.html |title=Jellinbah Mine |publisher=Jellinbah Group |access-date=18 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205203856/http://www.jellinbah.com.au/operations/jellinbah-mine.html |archive-date= 5 February 2014 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.leighton.com.au/our-business/projects/jellinbah-coal-mine |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140618011313/http://www.leighton.com.au/our-business/projects/jellinbah-coal-mine |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 June 2014 |title=Jellinbah Coal Mine |publisher=Leighton Holdings |access-date=18 June 2014 }} The mine was founded by Sam Chong, Jim Gorman, Gary Zamel and the late Ken Talbot.{{Cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/rich-list/sam-chong/story-fnja2ier-1226699413173 |title=Queensland's Rich List 2013: Sam Chong |author=Daryl Passmore |accessdate=18 June 2014 |date=25 August 2013 |newspaper=The Sunday Mail |publisher=News Limited }} Operations at the open-cut mine begin in 1989.

Coal from Jellinbah East is exported via truck to the Blackwater railway system and on to the Port of Gladstone.