Industry Mining Area served Queensland Owner Chris Wallin Type of business Private | Headquarters Brisbane, Australia Website www.qcoal.com.au Founded 1989 | |
Services Coal exploration and mining Subsidiaries Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd., Byerwen Coal Pty Ltd, Qcoal Sonoma Pty Ltd. | ||
QCoal is coal mining company established by Chris Wallin in 1989. The company is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QCoal and its subsidiaries own or co-own five mines within the Bowen Basin. In 2014, it was revealed that QCoal's head of corporate affairs, James Mackay was responsible for developing policy on the environment for the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
QCoals coal is exported via Abbot Point.
QCoal owns and operates the Sonoma Mine at Collinsville. Plans to divert nearby Coral Creek to extend the life of the mine have been criticised because they were not in the original development application and because of the potential to create long-term damage to the groundwater aquifer.
In October 2014, the company announced that operations at the Drake Coal project would begin in November.