Wandoan Coal Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description	Open-cut thermal coal mine producing 30 million tonnes per annum; and supporting infrastructure.
Proponent	Wandoan Joint Venture (Xstrata Coal QLD Pty Ltd, ICRA Wandoan Pty Ltd, and Sumisho Coal Australia Pty Ltd)
Location/s	Five kilometres west of Wandoan township. Map
Local government/s	Western Downs Regional Council
Key features	open-cut thermal coal mine coal handling and preparation plant water-supply pipeline

Key environmental impact statement (EIS) documents

• Coordinator-General's report on EIS, November 2010
  • Summary (PDF, 84 KB)
  • Full report (PDF, 2.72 MB)
• Supplementary EIS, November 2009
  • Executive summary (PDF, 821 KB)
  • Complete SEIS. Also available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 1199208)
• Environmental impact statement, December 2008 
  • Executive summary (PDF, 3.21 MB)
  • Complete EIS. Also available at State Library of Queensland (record number: 840636)
• Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 566 KB), November 2008
• Initial advice statement (PDF, 393 KB), December 2007
  • Figure 1 - Project location (PDF, 247 KB)
  • Figure 2 - Mining lease application areas (PDF, 748 KB)
  • Figure 3 - Mine leases and exploration permits (PDF, 118 KB)
  • Figure 4 - Land tenures (PDF, 239 KB)
  • Figure 5 - Coal and petroleum tenures (PDF, 341 KB)
  • Figure 6 - Representative photograph of the local area (PDF, 58 KB)
  • Figure 7 - Typical stratigraphic column (PDF, 449 KB)
  • Figure 8 - Nathan Dam and Glebe Weir pipelines (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • Figure 9 - Coal seam gas fields (PDF, 532 KB)

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 the Wandoan Coal Project website.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.