1989 headquarters brisbane australia area served queensland services coal exploration and mining owner chris wallin website www.qcoal.com.au qcoal is coal mining company established by chris wallin in 1989 . the company is based in brisbane queensland australia . qcoal and its subsidiaries own or co own five mines within the bowen basin . 1 in 2014 it was revealed that qcoal s head of corporate affairs james mackay was responsible for developing policy on the environment for the liberal national party of queensland . 2 qcoals coal is exported via abbot point . 3 qcoal owns and operates the sonoma mine at collinsville . plans to divert nearby coral creek to extend the life of the mine have been criticised because they were not in the original development application and because of the potential to create long term damage to the groundwater aquifer . 2 in october 2014 the company announced that operations at the drake coal project would begin in november . 4 see also edit queensland portal mining portal companies portal coal companies of australia coal mining in australia references edit daryl passmore 25 august 2013 . chris wallin . the courier mil . queensland newspapers . retrieved 5 may 2014 . a b mark solomons mark willacy 5 may 2014 . qcoal s james mackay developing environmental policy for newman government in queensland . abc news . australian broadcasting corporation . retrieved 5 may 2014 . vicky validakis 12 december 2014 . indian miner gvk to haul qcoal to port . australian mining . cirrus media . retrieved 5 may 2014 . david chen 10 october 2014 . qcoal to start drake coal operations next month . abc news . australian broadcasting corporation . retrieved 4 february 2015 . external links edit official website v t e mining companies of australia adelaide brighton cement allegiance mining alumina aquarius platinum atlas iron bhp billiton bougainville copper compass resources copper mines of tasmania energy resources of australia fortescue metals group grd hancock prospecting iluka resources international ferro metals laguna resources macarthur coal macmahon holdings magellan metals marathon resources marston minara resources mineralogy minerals and metals group mount lyell mining and railway company new hope coal newcrest mining orocobre oz minerals paladin energy pilbara iron qcoal rio tinto aluminium rio tinto group south32 tiwest joint venture this article about a coal related corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title qcoal & oldid 669068160 categories mining companies of australia1989 establishments in australiacompanies established in 1989companies based in brisbanecoal company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2015 at 17 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view