Bowen Coking Coal Ltd. announced that coal mining has commenced at the Broadmeadow East Pit near Moranbah in Queensland's Bowen Basin as the company consolidates its position as Queensland's new independent metallurgical coal producer. Coal from Broadmeadow East is planned to be initially processed at the neighboring Fitzroy CHPP under an infrastructure sharing agreement with Fitzroy (CQ) Pty Ltd. and exported through the Dalrymple Bay
Coal Terminal. As the first producing pit of Bowen's expanded Burton Complex, which includes the Burton and Lenton Pits, 20km to the north, Broadmeadow East coal will be processed through the Burton CHPP following
the completion of its refurbishment in early 2023. The coal at Broadmeadow East has the flexibility to produce a primary coking coal product of either high quality (7.5% ash, up to CSN 7.5) or high yield (9.2% ash, CSN 4.5). In both of the primary product cases, the secondary energy coal created from the primary coking coal discard has a calorific value of more than 6,500kcal/kg (ad) which is also a sought-after product for the export coal markets1.