Vermont coal project

Bowen Basin Coal Pty Ltd (BBC) is the proponent for a new coal mine project titled Vermont Coal Project. The proposed mine is centred on a 103Mt resource of the Rangal Coal Measures in the Bowen Basin coal province. The proposed primary mining lease (ML70331) will be located in the southwestern corner of MDL303, while a second proposed mining lease for mining infrastructure (ML70332) extends northeast from ML70331 to an area outside MDL303 that covers part of the Isaac River.

The proposed mine would be located 15km north-east of the township of Dysart on the Mineral Development Licence (MDL) 303.

The Vermont Coal Project is proposed to be managed as a contractor operated open cut mine producing approximately 2.65Mt/a coking coal and 1.25Mt/a pulverised coal injection coal for at least 15 years.

Products are to be transported directly from the mine site 235km to the coal exporting facility at Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal within the Port of Hay Point.

It is proposed that a primary water supply of up to 3,000Ml/a will be flood harvested from the Isaac River with supplementary water (from the Eungella Dam) being brought by a pipeline system from Moranbah in the northwest.

The EIS Assessment Report for the Vermont Coal Project has been issued to the proponent and the EIS process is now completed.

Publicly available documents:

• Final terms of reference (see availability)
• Vermont EIS Assessment Report (see availability).

For further information about the EIS process for the Vermont Coal Project Contact us.

Available from the library catalogue

The documents referred to on this page are available from the department’s online library catalogue.