Kestrel Mine

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

Kestrel Mine is jointly owned by Rio Tinto (80 per cent) and Mitsui Kestrel Coal Investment Pty Ltd (20 per cent) and employs 320 people.