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Coal and peat resources

This category can be used to account for known deposits of coal and peat resources. There are many different types of coal and peat resources, such as brown coal (sub-bituminous and lignite), black coal (anthracite and bituminous, also commonly divided into thermal coal and coking or metallurgical coal), and peat resources.

Stocks (assets)
Flows (benefits)
Metric:

Quantity of environmental asset

Metric:

Quality of environmental asset

Metric:

Coal and peat extracted

Metric:

Coal and peat extracted - monetary value

Units

Mass, e.g. tonnes (t)

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Estimate using own judgement and observations

Tier 2

Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data

Tier 3

Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Data on annual production of black coal and brown coal resources in Australia by basin are available in the latest version of Australia’s Energy Commodity Resources.

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Work in progress - Feedback welcome

Units

Currency, e.g. A$

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Multiply physical flow quantity by estimated monetary value per unit

Tier 2

Multiply physical flow quantity by estimated monetary value per unit

Tier 3

Multiply physical flow quantity by estimated monetary value per unit

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Work in progress - Feedback welcome

Units

Various

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Estimate using own judgement and observations

Tier 2

Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data

Tier 3

Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Work in progress - Feedback welcome

Units

Mass, e.g. tonnes (t)

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Estimate using own judgement and observations

Tier 2

Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data

Tier 3

Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Maps showing the locations of black coal resources and brown coal resources across Australia are available at the Geoscience Australia Portal (select layers: Black Coal Resources; Brown Coal Resources). Data on quantities of black coal and brown coal resources in Australia by basin are available in the latest version of Australia’s Energy Commodity Resources.

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Work in progress - Feedback welcome