Growth Projects
Planning for the Future
BMA is Australia's largest metallurgical coal miner and exporter. We have a deep and diversified portfolio of quality assets that allows the company to position itself as a long term and reliable supplier of high quality and tailored products.
In response to expected increased demand for our product, particularly from India and China, we are assessing our growth options and considering the expansion of existing operations as well as the development of new mines.
BMA's growth options include the staged development of up to 11 projects in the coming years.
We are long term members of the Bowen Basin community and we anticipate that these potential projects will further strengthen our future in the region.
We also understand that continued mining growth has the potential to impact on local communities and our stakeholders, and we are committed to conducting an open and transparent engagement process around our growth plans.
We will keep you fully informed of our activities, and as more information becomes available it will be added to this website.
Environmental Impact Statement process
On 18 July 2008 the Department of Infrastructure and Planning Coordinator-General declared BMA's Bowen Basin Coal Growth Project a 'significant project' for which project-specific Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are required.
BMA's Bowen Basin Coal Growth Project includes four proposed projects in the northern Bowen Basin:
- Daunia Coal Mine (greenfield project)
- Caval Ridge Mine (greenfield project)
- Goonyella Riverside Mine Expansion (brownfield project), and
- The Moranbah Airport project.
The following documents relate to the EIS process for each of these projects:
- Draft Terms of Reference (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Initial Advice Statement (PDF, 2.2MB)
We are committed to conducting an open and transparent engagement process to prepare the community for our growth plans and have prepared a range of information for our stakeholders, which is available via this website.
Please click here to access our growth newsletters, fact sheets and media releases.
If you have any questions about BMA growth plans please contact the project team on 1800 078 797 or email enquiries@bmacoal.com
