The mine is currently owned by QCoal, but ownership has changed hands at least three times throughout the past 20 years. The mine recently restarted operations in 2021 after put on care and maintenance in 2019. [1] Mining began at Cook colliery in 1970. In 2003, ownership of the Cook colliery Xstrata Coal Australia was split between Xstrata ...
Cook Colliery is a currently operating as a Bord and Pillar mine. Cook Colliery is an underground mine that currently only exploits the Argo Seam. Conventional retreating longwall mining was previously used to mine some of the reserve, with inseam development by continuous miners used to develop longwall panels.