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The Black Star open pit mine at Mt Isa in northern Queensland, that is owned by Glencore Xstrata, began production in 2005 and has a life of mine to 2016. BLACKWATER. The Blackwater coal mine in Queensland''s Bowen Basin, one of the largest open cut coal mines in Australia, produces 14 million tonnes of coal annually. BLAIR ATHOL. On Friday November 23, 2012, the excavators were switched .