Yancoal is an Australian

coal mining Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

company operating mines in

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Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

and

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. A

dual-listed company A dual-listed company or DLC is a corporate structure in which two corporations function as a single operating business through a legal equalization agreement, but retain separate legal identities and stock exchange listings. Virtually all DLCs a ...

on the

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and the

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, Yancoal is majority owned by the Yankuang Group.

History

Yancoal was established in 2004 with the acquisition of the Austar coal mine in the

Hunter Valley The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, Newcastle Region, or simply Hunter, spans the region in northern New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its ...

. In June 2012 it was listed on the

. In September 2017 Coal & Allied was purchased by Yancoal from Rio Tinto. In December 2018 Yancoal became a

when it was listed on the

. Yancoal produced of run-of-mine coal (an increase from the previous quarter’s ) during the June 2024 quarter

Assets

Current

New South Wales

* Ashton *Hunter Valley Operations (49%) with

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* Moolarben *Mount Thorley Warkworth * Stratford Duralie

Queensland

* Cameby Downs *

Middlemount Middlemount is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Middlemount had a population of 1,899 people. It is nicknamed the "Giant Peanut" by some locals du ...

(50%) with Peabody *

Yarrabee Yarrabee Wesfarmers Reserve is a 9.23 km2 nature reserve in south-west Western Australia. It is 120 km north-east of Albany and 481 km south-east of Perth. It lies on the eastern boundary of the Stirling Range National Park, and ...

Western Australia

*Premier Coal, purchased from

Wesfarmers Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It has interests predominantly in Australia and New Zealand, operating in retail, chemical, fertiliser, industrial and safety products. With revenue o ...

in September 2011

Former

Austar Austar was an Australian telecommunications company founded in 1995 as Community Entertainment Television (CETV). Its main business activity was subscription television. It was also involved with internet access and mobile phones. Austar's tel ...

*DonaldsonYancoal's Donaldson coal to shut down
''Australian Mining'' 3 March 2016

References

{{Mining companies of Australia, state=collapsed Coal companies of Australia Companies based in Sydney Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Dual-listed companies Non-renewable resource companies established in 2004 2004 establishments in Australia