Australia is in a mining downturn, but a new coal mine has officially opened in the Bowen Basin.
Mining company BMA's newest mine, Daunia, is 35 kilometres south-east of Moranbah in central Queensland.
It cost $1.5 billion and at full production will export 4.5 million tonnes of coal annually.
Construction on the mine began in 2011, when coal prices were at a record high.
The price of coal has more than halved since that peak, which means the mine is under pressure to quickly and cheaply export its product.
The mine employs 450 people, but they are all 'fly in fly out' employees, which has angered unions.