A stoush over coal royalties is set to go another round with a state premier expected to take a swipe at a mining giant.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli on Tuesday will take aim at the likes of BHP Mitsubishi Alliance in his first State of the State address in Brisbane following a string of job losses announced by miners.

The fight heated up after the company highlighted the government's "unsustainable" royalties scheme when it cut 750 jobs, claiming the state coal industry was reaching "crisis point".

Fellow giant Anglo American and Queensland company QCoal soon followed in what was labelled a co-ordinated campaign that resulted in more than 1200 workers being axed.

It prompted calls for reforms, with federal Nationals leader David Littleproud the latest to ask the Queensland gove

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