 Rio Tinto Coal Australia's joint venture partners in the open cut mine are Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (31.4 per cent), J-Power Australia Pty Ltd (15 per cent) and JCD Australia Pty Ltd (3.5 per cent).Hail Creek Mine is located north west of Nebo and south west of Mackay in the Bowen Basin.It produces up to 8 million tonnes of high quality coking coal used in steel production.