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Pembroke Resources - April 19 2024
$1 million Pembroke Community Partnership Program fund unveiled at Community Expo

A $1 million fund to enhance social and community life in the Isaac region has been unveiled at today’s
(20 April) inaugural Pembroke Resources Community Expo in Moranbah.

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Pembroke Resources - April 17 2024
Australia’s newest steelmaking coal mine officially ‘open’

Pembroke Resources (“Pembroke”) has today officially celebrated the opening of the Olive Downs Complex which is already delivering jobs, economic prosperity and opportunity to Central Queensland communities and the entire state.

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Pembroke Resources - June 6 2023
Mining Commences at Pembroke’s Olive Downs Complex

Pembroke Resources has marked another major milestone towards the commencement of production with the beginning of mining at the Olive Downs Complex (Olive Downs) in Central Queensland today, which, when in full scale production, will be one of Australia’s largest producers of steelmaking coal.

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Pembroke Resources - February 8 2023
Pembroke’s Olive Downs Complex achieves another milestone as it moves towards production

The Olive Downs steelmaking coal mine moved one step closer to production with the delivery of a critical piece of infrastructure, the Sheldon Bridge. The bridge was opened today by the Mayor of the Isaac Regional Council Anne Baker and Pembroke Resources’ (“Pembroke”) Chairman and CEO Barry Tudor.

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Pembroke Resources - October 7 2022
Recruitment for operational phase of Olive Downs commences

 Pembroke Resources, in partnership with our key contractors, is pleased to announce the commencement of the recruitment process for the Olive Downs Complex operational phase. 

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Pembroke Resources - April 8 2022
Ground broken on job-generating Olive Downs project

 Pembroke Resources (“Pembroke”) is pleased to advise the first sod has been turned on the Olive Downs steel-making coal project in Central Queensland, heralding the start of a major jobs and wealth generator for the region, state and nation. 

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Pembroke Resources - December 23 2021
Pembroke Secures Financing for
Olive Downs Steelmaking Coal Project

Pembroke Resources (Pembroke) is pleased to advise that it has entered into binding documentation for financing totalling approximately A$500 million for its Olive Downs Steelmaking Coal Project (Olive Downs, the Project). 

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Pembroke Resources - July 1 2021
Pembroke Resources secures NAIF
Funding for Olive Downs Project

Pembroke Resources (Pembroke) welcomes the investment decision by the Board of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to provide a loan facility of up to $175 million with a tenor of 10 years to finance the development of the Olive Downs Steelmaking Coal Complex (Olive Downs) in the Bowen Basin in Queensland.
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Pembroke Resources - September 29 2020
Jobs on the way with Mining Leases
granted for Olive Downs Coking Coal Project

The Queensland Government has approved Mining Leases for the Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (“Olive Downs”) in Central Queensland, paving the way for new jobs and business opportunities in Central Queensland.

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Pembroke Resources - May 14 2020
Olive Downs Coking Coal Project
Receives Federal Environmental Approval

Pembroke Resources (“Pembroke”) has received approvals from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (“EPBC”) Act for its Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (“Olive Downs”) in Central Queensland.
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Pembroke Resources - October 2 2019
Olive Downs Coking Coal Project
Receives Environmental Approval

Pembroke Resources (Pembroke) is pleased to advise that it has received the Environmental Authority (EA) for its Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (Olive Downs) in Central Queensland.

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Olive Downs Coking Coal Project Receives Approval

Pembroke Resources (“Pembroke”) is pleased to advise that the company’s Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (“Olive Downs”) has been approved by Queensland’s Coordinator General and is expected to begin producing coal for steelmaking as early as next year.

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Pembroke Resources - May 14 2019
$1 billion Olive Downs project approval to create hundreds of local jobs

Queensland’s independent Coordinator-General has approved the proposed $1 billion Olive Downs metallurgical coal mine, 40 kilometres south-east of Moranbah in the Bowen Basin, with strict conditions to ensure local employment and manage potential impacts on the environment.

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Pembroke Resources - December 20 2018
Pembroke Resources Awards Processing Plant Contract for Olive Downs Coking Coal Project

Pembroke Resources is pleased to advise that it has awarded to CIMIC Group companies Sedgman and CPB Contractors, the Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract (“EPC Contract”) for the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (“CHPP”) for the Olive Downs Coking Coal Project, near Moranbah, Queensland.

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Pembroke Resources - September 6 2018
Olive Downs Coking Coal Project achieves
another major milestone

Pembroke Resources (“Pembroke”) is pleased to advise that the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the company’s Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (“Olive Downs”) near Moranbah, Queensland has been released for public comment.

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Queensland Government - September 6 2018
Consultation opens on major mine proposal

Central Queensland residents are invited to have their say on Queensland’s latest coal mine proposal – the $1 billion Olive Downs mine near Moranbah – with the release of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public comment.

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Pembroke Resources - June 13 2018
Pembroke Resources and Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC sign Key Native Title Agreement
for the Olive Downs Coking Coal Project

Australian coal group Pembroke Resources and the Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (“Barada Barna”) are pleased to advise that they have executed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (“ILUA”) over the land on which the Olive Downs Coking Coal Project will be developed.

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Pembroke Resources - April 7 2017
Queensland government announces first step
in the approvals process for Olive Downs
Complex coking coal mine

Pembroke Resources is pleased to advise that the draft terms of reference for the environmental impact assessment for the company’s Olive Downs Complex coking coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland have been issued.

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Queensland Government - April 6 2017
Bowen Basin coal project progresses

Progress continues on the $1 billion Olive Downs mine proposal near Moranbah, as the Bowen Basin’s existing coal mines await the return of rail transport post-Tropical Cyclone Debbie.

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Pembroke Resources - February 22 2017
Queensland government assigns Coordinated Project
status to Olive Downs Complex coking coal mine

Pembroke Resources is pleased to advise that its Olive Downs Complex coking coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland has been given Coordinated Project status by the Queensland government.

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Pembroke Resources - May 9 2016
Pembroke Resources acquires metallurgical
coal assets in the Bowen Basin

Pembroke Resources, an Australian-based company backed by leading resources and energy-focused global private equity firm Denham Capital, announced today that it has acquired from various Australian subsidiaries of Peabody Energy Inc and CITIC Resources Holdings Limited their interests in metallurgical coal tenements that collectively encompass the Olive Downs Complex in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

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Denham Capital - May 7 2014
Denham Capital Backs Pembroke Resources

Australia-Based Company to Pursue Metallurgical Coal Opportunities.

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The Courier Mail - April 18 2024
Pembroke Resources opens Olive Downs Complex for steelmaking coal
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Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin - April 19 2024
Radio Interview – Olive Downs Mine opening (19th April)

Barry Tudor, CEO of Pembroke Resources, chats to Ben about the opening of Olive Downs Mine

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4BC Drive - April 19 2024
Olive Downs could be the last ever Queensland coal mine to open

Barry Tudor, the CEO of Pembroke Resources, joined Peter Gleeson on 4BC Drive to celebrate the opening of the Olive Downs Complex coal mine in the Bowen Basin in Queensland.

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The Australian - Inquirer - April 26 2024
Pembroke founder says he will be the last to open a new coalmine

The man behind the opening of Australia’s newest coalmine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin is convinced he is the last of his kind.

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World Coal - Magazine Issue 2 V32 - July 2023
The end of an era?

Pembroke Resources, Australia, explores whether the Olive Downs Complex will be the last of the large-scale greenfield steelmaking mines.

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The Courier Mail - February 9 2023
Pembroke Resources’ $1bn Olive Downs coal mine on track for June start

A massive new steelmaking mine could deliver billions to Qld’s economy over its estimated 80-year lifespan with the construction of a new bridge taking it one step closer to fruition.

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Seven Rockhampton - February 9 2023
$10 million bridge has been officially opened

A $10 million bridge has been officially opened connecting Pembroke Olive Downs mine to the Bowen Basin community. The company’s CEO says it’s a major step forward for the fully autonomous site, which is expected to start operations later this year.

Australian Financial Report - February 9 2023
Is this the world’s last greenfield coking coal mine?

Big miners like BHP will not build new coking coal mines while Queensland enforces super-sized royalties, and the likes of Glencore cannot get Canadian regulators to approve new mines, which makes Pembroke Resources boss Barry Tudor an outlier.
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World Coal - April 08 2022
Pembroke Resources breaks ground at Olive Downs

Pembroke Resources has announced that the first sod has been turned on the Olive Downs steel-making coal project in Central Queensland, heralding the start of a major jobs and wealth generator for the region, state and nation.

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The Australian - April 08 2022
Pembroke kicks off Olive Downs coking coal mine construction

Private equity-backed Pembroke Resources has broken ground on the construction of its Olive Downs coking coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, as global coal markets face the threat of fresh disruptions on the back of European threats to ban the import of Russian coal

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The Courier Mail - Daily Mercury - April 08 2022
How Olive Downs mine will bring 1700 new local jobs, $10b to economy

A new $1 billion Queensland mine is forecast to begin in 2023, contribute $10 billion to the economy and employ 1700 workers, but its boss has ruled out one key factor that has been a major attribute of most Australian mines for years.

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Mining Monthly - April 08 2022
Olive Downs construction starts

THE first sod has been turned on Pembroke Resources’ Olive Downs metallurgical coal project in Central Queensland

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The Courier Mail - July 1 2021
Mine scores $175m loan

Olive Downs gets its infrastructure nod from outgoing Minister Pitt A MAJOR coal mine set to create hundreds of critical jobs in Queensland’s mining heartland has had its bid for a government-funded loan approved.

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The Australian Mining Review - January 20 2021
Pembroke: Poised for production

The Queensland Government has given the green light to what will become one of the world’s largest steelmaking coal mines.

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Mining Monthly - September 29 2020
Olive Downs closer to kick-off

Mining leases for Pembroke Resources’ $1 billion Olive Downs coking coal project in Central Queensland have been granted, clearing the way for construction to start.

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Australian Financial Report - September 29 2020
Palaszczuk government approves new $1b coal mine

The Queensland Government has approved Mining Leases for the Olive Downs Coking Coal Project (“Olive Downs”) in Central Queensland, paving the way for new jobs and business opportunities in Central Queensland.

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ABC News - September 29 2020
Queensland Government grants approval for state’s third-largest coal mine with 1,000 jobs promised

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has moved to boost her mining credentials ahead of next month’s state election by giving the green light to a new $1 billion coal mine in Central Queensland.

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Mining Weekly - September 29 2020
Olive Downs coking coal mine gets final approvals

The Queensland government has granted a mining lease for the A$1-billion Olive Downs coal mine being developed by Pembroke Resources.

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Mining Monthly - May 15 2019
Pembroke’s Olive Downs gets green light

Pembroke Resources’ proposed $1 billion Olive Downs metallurgical coal mine in the Bowen Basin has been approved by Queensland coordinator-general.

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Australian Financial Review - May 14 2019
Barry Tudor wins Qld approval to rebuild a coal kingdom

After a successful career in publicly listed coal Barry Tudor now leads a private equity-backed miner called Pembroke Resources that is on track to do the apparently impossible. Tudor is going to build a new coal mine in Australia.

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The Morning Bulletin - May 14 2019
Production at new Bowen Basin mine could begin by 2020
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Australian Financial Review - September 9 2018
The coal kings behind Queensland’s next giant mine

Barry Tudor is enjoying life inside private equity. Having run the gauntlet of public listed life at Gloucester Coal and the Noble Group before that, Tudor’s third strike for coal mining glory is being conducted through an unlisted vehicle called Pembroke Resources.

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Industry Queensland - September 6 2018
Pembroke’s $1b coal project takes another step ahead

The $1 billion Olive Downs Coking Coal Project near Moranbah has taken another step towards development with the release of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

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The Courier Mail - June 28 2018
Mine ‘Last of its Kind’ for a Long Time

Pembroke Resources has labelled its $1 billion Olive Downs coal mine in Queensland the last major project of its type for a generation.

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Financial Review - June 12 2018
Queensland joins the coking coal price upgrade party

The corporate sector’s recent optimism towards coking coal prices found further support on Tuesday when the world’s biggest exporter of the commodity raised its medium-term price forecasts by 13 per cent.

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Financial Review - April 16 2018
Mining company Pembroke buys Queensland
cattle stations for $50m

Coal miner Pembroke Resources has beaten local and offshore agricultural investors to acquire the well-known Iffley, Deveril and Twenty Mile cattle stations near Moranbah in central Queensland for around $50 million.

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Daily Mercury - February 17 2017
960 jobs a step closer as Olive Downs secures new status

The $1billion Olive Downs mine near Moranbah is a step closer after receiving co-ordinated project status.

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The Morning Bulletin - February 9 2017
1000-job revival with new $120M CQ mine

A town gripped in the coal industry’s up-and-down cycle could have finally found its steadying force in a “world-class” mine.

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The Australian - February 8 2017
Pembroke unveils plans for $1bn coalmine at Olive Downs

Pembroke Resources, the private equity-backed miner that bought the Olive Downs coking coal deposit from bankrupt Peabody Energy, says it plans to spend up to $1 billion to build one of the country’s biggest coalmines, potentially employing 1000 people.

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Australian Mining - February 8 2017
Pembroke Resources to build coal mine in Bowen Basin

Pembroke Resources is planning to build a coal mine at Olive Downs in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, after purchasing some of its projects from the bankrupt Peabody Energy.

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Financial Review - October 13 2016
Coal veteran Barry Tudor says
contract pricing here to stay

The traditional method for setting coking coal prices is allegedly in terminal decline, but Barry Tudor won’t be placing his business’ future in the hands of the spot market.

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Financial Review - October 11 2016
Coal price doubling in three months
could deliver $25b economic boost

The mining industry has reached an agreement with Japanese steel makers that prices for most Australian coking coal will jump 117 per cent in just three months, an increase that means that the benefit of rising prices could be felt across the economy.

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Reuters - September 6 2016
Australian firm taps coking coal
rebound for new mine in 2017

A private equity-backed firm expects to dig a new coal mine in Australia’s prized Bowen Basin in 2017, tapping into a recovery in prices for coal used to make steel at a time when the world’s biggest suppliers have stopped building mines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - November 28 2014
Private Equity Circles Embattled Aussie Miners

Private funds are trawling for bargains in Australia in the aftermath of a global mining boom, looking to strip the fat at companies and projects they believe hold promise but which are struggling under the weight of sagging commodity prices.

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Financial Review - May 7 2014
Denham puts $US200m into new Australian coal company

Undeterred by weak coal markets, former Gloucester Coal boss Barry Tudor has re-emerged as a builder of a coal business in Australia, backed by $US200 million from US-based private equity firm Denham Capital.

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Coal Age - May 7 2014
Denham Capital Backs Pembroke Resources

Officials at Denham Capital, a leading international resources and energy-focused private equity firm, have announced $200 million in backing for Pembroke Resources; the newly formed Australian miner seeks to develop met coal assets across the Asia-Pacific.

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Reuters - May 7 2014
Ex-Gloucester CEO lines up $200m
to buy Asia-Pacific coal assets

The former boss of Australia’s Gloucester Coal has lined up $200 million from a private equity firm to buy metallurgical coal projects in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, taking advantage of weak valuations in the sector.

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