New Oakleigh Mine

New Oakleigh Mine
Mine pit, 2010
Location
New Oakleigh Mine is located in Australia
New Oakleigh Mine
New Oakleigh Mine
Location in Australia
LocationRosewood
StateQueensland
CountryAustralia
Coordinates27°37′06.6″S 152°34′31.7″E / 27.618500°S 152.575472°E / -27.618500; 152.575472
Production
ProductsThermal coal
History
Opened1948
Closed2013
Owner
CompanyNew Hope Group

The New Oakleigh Mine was a thermal coal mine in the Moreton Basin. The mine was located north of Rosewood in South East Queensland, Australia. It was one of two operating mines in an area with a rich coal mining history.

Thermal coal was extracted from the open pit by trucks, excavators and front-end loaders.[1]

Mining operations began at the site in 1948.[2]

New Hope Group the owners of the mine, were to cease operations sometime around 2009.[3] However mining activity continued through to 2013 due to higher prices for coal.[2] The mine was officially closed on 25 January 2013.[4]

  1. ^ "New Oakleigh". New Hope Group. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "End of an era with New Oakleigh coal mine to close". The Courier Mail. News Limited. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Coal Mining Then & Now" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  4. ^ Caruana, Lou (1 January 2013). "New Oakleigh to close this week". Australian Mining Monthly. Retrieved 16 October 2022.