Aerial shot of the Alpha Test Pit

Alpha

The Alpha Coal Project is a well-known thermal coal deposit within the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia. The deposit has massive resources of thermal coal in the premium location of the basin.

Described as the jewel in the crown of the Galilee, the Alpha Coal Project will be a 32 Mtpa open-cut coal mine, with the potential for the future development of significant underground reserves. The open-cut operation has an expected mine life of 30 plus years, with sufficient Joint Ore Resources Committee (JORC) compliant resources to extend the project life well beyond 30 years. The Alpha Coal and Kevin's Corner combined resource is 7.9 billion tonnes of JORC compliant thermal coal. 

The project deposit lies within the late Permian Colinlea and Bandanna Formations. The Galilee Basin is a world-class location consisting of four main thermal coal seams suitable for the global export market. Within the deposit there is additional potential for liquefaction and gasification.

The coal seams dip gently from east to west varying in thickness from 5 metres to 8 metres, which enables high production open-cut mining.

Exploration to date has concentrated on the shallow coal suitable for open-cut mining, with the potential for resources to be substantially upgraded with further drilling to the west.

Alpha Washed Coal Specifications v. NEWC Quality Specifications*

Ash %
NEWC
14% Max
Alpha
8.6% as received
(9.5 abd)
Lower is better
Gross Calorific Value
(kcalkg)
NEWC
6000 min
Alpha
6430 adb
(5800 gar)
Higher is better
Total Sulphur
%
NEWC
0.75% max
Alpha
0.56%
Lower is better
Hardgrove Grindability Index
NEWC
45 - 70
Alpha
52

Publications

Volume 2 Appendix A Glossary, Abbreviations and Units Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AA Species Management Plan Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AB Traffic Impact Assessment Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AC Environmental Management Plan Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AD Erosion and Sediment Control Criteria Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AE Updated Terrestrial Ecology Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AF Rail Camp Description Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AG Weed Management Plan Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AH Resource Sterilisation Review of the IFS Rail Corridor Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AI Caley Valley Wetland Freshwater Aquatic Flora Fauna Assessment Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix AJ DERM Comments and Responses Issue 3 FINAL

Volume 2 Appendix AK Alpha to Bowen Rail Corridor NICH Survey final

Volume 2 Appendix AL Railway Corridor-Proposed Soils Survey Methodology final

Volume 2 Appendix AM Aquatic Ecology Addendum Report final

Volume 2 Appendix B References Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix C Revised Description of the Project Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix D List of Proponent Commitments Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix E Social Impact Assessment Update Issue 3 FINAL

Volume 2 Appendix FA EPBC Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix FB EPBC Report Rail final

Volume 2 Appendix G Standard Criteria Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix H IPCC Functional Description Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix I Surface Water Summary Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix J Geomorphology Technical Report Issue3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix K Flooding Technical Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix L Site Water Management System and Water Balance Technical Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix M Surface Water Quality Technical Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix N Groundwater and Final Void Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix O Groundwater Bore Survey Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix P Air Quality Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix Q Greenhouse Gas Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix R Noise and Vibration Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix S Interim Geochemical Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix T Tailings Storage Facility Update Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix U Traffic Impact Assessment Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix V Environmental Management Plan Issue 3 FINAL

Volume 2 Appendix W Soil and Land Suitability Assessment Supplementary Information Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix X Offset Strategy Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix Y RC Hydrological Report Issue 3 Final

Volume 2 Appendix Z Acid Sulfate Soils Framework Issue 3 Final