Clermont Coal Mine

Project overview*

EIS status	Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description	Open-cut mine producing 10 -15 million tonnes per annum of thermal coal; and associated infrastructure.
Proponent	Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Ltd
Location/s	12 km north-west of Clermont and 234 km south-west of Mackay. Map
Local government/s	Isaac Regional Council
Key features	open-cut mine coal preparation plant 13-kilometre-long overland conveyor

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

• Coordinator-General's report on EIS (PDF, 1.2 MB), June 2005
• Supplementary EIS (PDF, 6.4 MB), January 2005
• Environmental impact statement, July 2004
• Executive summary (PDF, 142 KB)
• Complete EIS available at State Library Queensland (record number: 643073)
• Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 189 KB), December 2003
• Initial advice statement (PDF, 951 KB), August 2003.

EIS process

Read more about the EIS process.

Australian Government approval

Federal environment minister's approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.

Further information

For more information, visit Rio Tinto's Clermont Mine web page.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.