The Jellinbah Mine is a major open-cut metallurgical coal operation located about 30km north-east of the town of Blackwater in Central Queensland. The mine produces high-quality coking coal used primarily in the production of steel and is part of the region’s extensive metallurgical coal industry.

Mining at Jellinbah is carried out using conventional open-cut methods, including drilling and blasting followed by truck-and-shovel extraction of coal seams within the Permian-aged coal measures of the Bowen Basin. The operation also utilises dragline equipment to remove overburden and access deeper coal seams efficiently.

Coal from the mine is processed at the on-site Jellinbah coal handling and preparation plant before being transported via the Blackwater rail system to export terminals at the Port of Gladstone.

The mine is operated by Jellinbah Group, a privately owned company with interests from Australian and international partners. Jellinbah remains one of the Bowen Basin’s key producers of metallurgical coal and contributes significantly to Queensland’s coal export industry.