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BYERWEN COAL MINE BOWEN BASIN, QUEENSLAND
BYERWEN COAL MINEBOWEN BASIN, QUEENSLAND
Client: QCoal Group Location: Bowen Basin, Queensland
Value: $350 million Start date: August 2017 End date: August 2020
Scope of work:• Load and haul• Drill and blast design• Bulk earthworks• Mine management• Plant maintenance• Haul road construction• Haul road maintenance
The ProjectMacmahon was awarded a three year mining contract for the Greenfield Byerwen Coal Mine open-cut project, with operations commencing in August 2017.
The hard coking coal project is located near Glenden in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
Macmahon undertakes all mining operations at the Byerwen Project including drilling, blast design, load and haul, haul road maintenance and mobile plant maintenance.
Mining activity is focused in the North Pit with work about to commence on opening the Southern Box Cut. Current mining capacity is around 4M bcm per month, delivering 6M tpa of ROM coal to the CHPP annually.
BYERWEN COAL MINEBOWEN BASIN, QUEENSLAND
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