Mining operations
Mining operations for production at 1.8Mtpa ROM will commence in the 2010 calendar year.
Mining operations are carried out by Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd.
A coal handling and preparation plant will be constructed by Sedgman Ltd.
Mining and coal preparation activities will be carried out 24 hours a day, seven days per week by contractors.
Macarthur Coal completed the purchase of the Middlemount project on 15 January 2008
Bulk sample pit overburden removal commenced in December 2007 with first coal uncovered in May 2008
Coal mining commenced in the bulk sample pit in October 2008.
The Mining Lease was granted in September 2009.
Interest
70%
30%
Middlemount Mine has an attributable production target for 2010 of 100kt (of sale) of trial cargoes from the bulk sample pit.
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Last updated 22 September 2009