Blackwater

Located in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, Whitehaven’s Blackwater Mine is one of Queensland’s largest coal mines. It is situated approximately 21 kilometres from the town of Blackwater.

The BUMA team have been performing truck and excavator pre-strip operations at Blackwater since December 2021, building upon the extensive experience gained from the previous operations in the area since May 2012. Over 44 million bank cubic metres of material is mined by our fleets annually.

The company’s fleet at the mine comprises of the following:

• 1 x Hitachi EX8000 excavator
• 3 x Caterpillar 6060 excavators
• 1 x Hitachi EX3600 excavator
• 13 x Komatsu 930E haul trucks
• 15 x Caterpillar 789 haul trucks
• 1 x Caterpillar 16M grader
• 3 x Caterpillar 18M graders
• 4 x Caterpillar D10 dozers
• 5 x Caterpillar D11 dozers
• 4 x Caterpillar 785 water trucks

Community and Environment

The mine is adjacent to the town of Blackwater where our workforce is accommodated and integrates into the township. We are proud supporters of local community groups in the area.

Blackwater is also proud of our First Nations work readiness program that has been operating since 2016. The program has been triumphant in preparing new to industry operators to be successful team members of our BUMA team at Blackwater.

BUMA Australia also provides financial support to the local Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC), helping deliver youth-focused initiatives such as the Braking the Cycle, Drop In, and After Dark programs. Further support extends to Blackwater’s primary and secondary schools, Tiny Tots Kindergarten Centre, and local youth football teams – helping foster education, wellbeing, and active lifestyles in the region.