About Middlemount Coal Mine Middlemount Coal Mine is located approximately 90 kilometres north-east of Emerald and 7 kilometres west of the township of Middlemount in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Middlemount is an open-cut coal mining operation that utilises conventional truck and excavator mining methods. Since commencing full-scale operations in 2011, the mine has produced approximately 4 million tonnes per annum of premium coking and PCI coal for export markets. With an expected mine life of mo…