BHP Mitsubishi Alliance

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BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), which is a 50-50 joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, formerly known as BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance. BMA accounts for more than one-quarter of Australia's annual coal exports. BMA is Australia’s largest coal producer and supplier of

seaborne metallurgical coal.

Coal mines and projects

BMA owned and operated mines are:

• the Gregory Crinum mine;
• the Peak Downs mine;
• the Saraji mine;
• the Norwich Park mine;
• the Blackwater mine;
• the Goonyella Riverside mine;
• the Broadmeadow mine and
• the Caval Ridge Project

BMA also manages two coal mines -- the South Walker Creek mine and the Poitrel mine -- for BHP Mitsui Coal.

In September 2008 BMA bought 100% of the Saraji East project from New Hope Corporation. The project is an undeveloped metallurgical coal project located near Dysart in the Bowen Basin in Queensland.

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