Rio Tinto Coal Australia

In 2018, Rio Tinto completed the sale of its remaining assets [1] Blair Athol Mine, located in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the township of Clermont, supplied customers in Asia and Europe with up to 12 million tonnes of coal per annum.

[2] Blair Athol was closed by former owners Rio Tinto in 2012 and bought in 2014 by New Emerald Coal.

TerraCom acquired the Blair Athol mine in 2016 through its subsidiary Orion Mining for just $1 from the Rio Tinto-managed Blair Athol Coal joint venture (BACJV), which had previously paid the Queensland Government nearly $80 million for rehabilitation purposes.

When the mine reaches full capacity (expected in 2013), it will produce up to 12.2 million tonnes of high quality thermal coal.

Kestrel Mine, located in Queensland's Bowen Basin 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Emerald and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Rockhampton, is an underground longwall operation supplying world markets with premium quality high volatile coking coal as well as thermal coal.

Rio Tinto entered into a binding agreement with a consortium comprising private equity manager EMR Capital (EMR) and PT Adaro Energy Tbk (Adaro), an Indonesian listed coal company, for the sale of its entire 80 per cent interest in the Kestrel underground coal mine for $2.25 billion.

Bengalla is the newest mine in Coal & Allied's portfolio, located four kilometres west of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley.

Coal & Allied acquired its interest in Bengalla in 2001, and is the manager of the site on behalf of the joint venture partners.

[10] Programmes include events, educational and training opportunities, including indigenous student mentoring, junior football clinics, health and wellness programmes for staff and corporate growth opportunities for players beyond the life of their playing careers.

[12] In addition, during 2008 and early 2009 Rio Tinto Coal Australia launched three Aboriginal Community Development Funds.

The Clermont Aboriginal Community Development Fund,[13] Wiri Yuwiburra Aboriginal Community Benefits Trust and Kestrel Mine Aboriginal Community Development Fund[14] are designed to support projects that work towards providing business, education and training opportunities for the Wiri Yuwiburra, Wangan and Jagalingou and Kangoulu people in Central Queensland.