Oaky Creek rehabilitation earns government approval

Media statement
Brisbane, Australia

Glencore’s Oaky Creek Coal operation in Queensland’s Bowen Basin has achieved government sign-off on 132.8 hectares of rehabilitated mined land.

Resources Minister Scott Stewart made the announcement during a visit to Oaky Creek at the weekend to look at the site’s rehabilitation work, including the two areas that were submitted to government for certification assessment.

This is the fifth successful certification application in the past three years by a Glencore site in Queensland and the seventh across Glencore’s Australian coal business.

A strong focus on progressive rehabilitation has also resulted in Newlands (2017), Rolleston (2018 & 2019) and Collinsville (2020) achieving sign-off in Queensland, meaning almost 700 hectares of rehabilitated land (equivalent to more than 1,150 football fields) has now achieved certification.

Glencore’s New South Wales operations at Westside (2020) and Ulan (2020) have also achieved government sign-off on areas of their rehabilitation. 

Oaky Creek Operations Manager Dave Stone said the certification covered two areas on the site that now supported native vegetation and potential for cattle grazing.

“The rehabilitation is across a 60 hectare area known as G5S, which was mined in the 1980s, and a 72 hectare area called Grasstree, where mining finished in the 1990s,” Mr Stone said.

“These areas have now reached maturity and demonstrated species reproduction from seeding, two of the key criteria required under the certification process.

“As progressive and responsible miners, we will continue to work on achieving completion criteria for other areas of rehabilitation across our site.”

Oaky Creek completed a further 369 hectares of rehabilitation in 2020.

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Notes for editors

About Glencore

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. The Group's operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites and oil production assets.

With a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial activities are supported by its global marketing network.

Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore's companies employ around 160,000 people, including contractors.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

About Glencore Australia

Glencore has operated in Australia for over 20 years and holds significant interests in a range of commodity industries across all mainland states and the Northern Territory.

We employ about 18,720 people across the coal, copper, zinc, nickel and oil industries.

In 2019, Glencore contributed about $14.8 billion to the regional, state and national economies in Australia. The most significant economic contribution came from core business activities: employing people, sourcing from local communities, and paying taxes to host governments.

About Glencore's coal business in Australia

Glencore is one of Australia’s largest coal producers with 17 operational mines across New South Wales and Queensland.

We provide employment for almost 11,000 Australians and in 2019 managed the production of about 119 million tonnes of thermal and coking coal, predominantly for export. We have a strong safety and environmental performance and play an active role in the development of low emission coal technology.