Sarum Coal Project

The Sarum Coal Project is a coal open cut and underground mine project proposed by Xstrata Coal. The project is located 20 km south of Collinsville.

The project, which is subject to a prefeasibility study, has a notional commissioning date of 2014.

It has been reported in The Australian that documents submitted to the federal Environment Department indicated that the company hopes to produce 5 million tonnes of coal per annum from the project. It also reported that the company hopes to commence mining in 2011 or 2012.

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Website: http://www.syntechresources.com.au

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Australia and coal
 * Queensland and coal

External resources

 * Xstrata Coal, "Xstrata Coal recommences Queensland growth projects", Media Release, July 6, 2010.