Queensland Coal Corporation

Queensland Coal Corporation (QCC) is a privately-owned coal company aiming to develop four coal mines in the Bowen Basin in Queensland by 2020. QCC is the parent company of Coal of Queensland, a company founded by QCC's founder, Paul Williams (Australia).

Proposed coal projects

 * Togara Creek coal project with an estimated 1 billion tonnes in total reserves of thermal coal which would be mined via an underground mine;
 * Suttor Creek East coal project with an estimated 2.6 billion tonnes in total reserves of coking and thermal coal which would be mined via an underground mine;
 * Wilton Coal coal project with an estimated 2.8 billion billion tonnes in total reserves of coking and thermal coal which would be mined via an open cut and an underground mine; and
 * Olive Downs East coal project with an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes in total reserves of PCI and hard coking coal which would be mined via an underground mine.

Personnel

 * Paul Williams, Chief Executive;
 * Arthur Sinodinos, Chair; (Sinodinos was an adviser of Liberal Prime Minister John Howard and a former director of investment bank Goldman Sachs JBWere; and
 * Mitch Jakeman, who has worked for BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Anglo Coal Australia.

Ownership
The Australia has reported that the company has one share on issue, held by Charlotte Investments Pty Ltd.

Contact details
35 Burlington Street East Brisbane, Queensland 4169 Australia Postal Address PO Box 1798 East Brisbane, Queensland 4169 Australia

Phone: +61 7 3392 3888 Fax:+61 7 3392 3800 Email: info AT qldcoal.com Website: http://www.qldcoal.com

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Australia and coal
 * Michael Johnson (Australian politician)
 * Queensland and coal

External articles

 * Michael Bennet, "Coal firm asked to pass on information", The Australian, May 20, 2010.
 * Dan Hall, "G’day, make mine $800m thanks", Australian Financial Review, March 23, 2012. (Subscription required).