Macmahon has executed an equipment sale agreement pursuant to which Macmahon has agreed to sell a substantial portion of its mobile equipment fleet at the Dawson South project. The Dawson South project is located in Queensland and forms part of the Dawson Mine, being an open cut steel making coal mine. The mobile equipment was sold at market rates which were at or above book value, for cash consideration, and is expected to result in net cash inflows of approximately A$44 million to be collected during FY24 and FY25. Macmahon is currently the mining contractor at the Dawson South project with ..read more

Contract mining and mining services leader Thiess has been awarded a six-year contract extension with BHP for the Mount Arthur South Operations coal mine in New South Wales, Australia. With revenue of A$1.9 billion, this contract sees Thiess continuing to provide mining services at the Mount Arthur South mine, operating and maintaining mining equipment to support BHP’s production requirements, and working with BHP and the local community towards the planned mine closure. Thiess Group Executive Chair and CEO Michael Wright said: “This contract extension acknowledges Thiess’ strong saf ..read more

Thiess says it has surpassed its goal of rehabilitating land at the Harum Energy’s MSJ Coal Mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, showcasing the expertise of the Thiess Rehabilitation business. In 2023, Thiess delivered rehabilitation services for the MSJ Coal Mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, with a target of 35.87 ha, but the team surpassed that goal, rehabilitating 35.97 ha by November 2023. The project team had to overcome several challenges, including topsoil sourcing and handling requirements, Thiess explained. Further, due to pit sequencing, most of the rehabilitation areas didn’t becom ..read more

There are now 18 extended-range hybrid autonomous rigid wide-body mining trucks running without a safety monitor in the cabin at China Coal Group’s Biesikuduke open-pit mine in Xinjiang province. These are ‘new energy’ TG136HA units, which have only recently been launched and were independently designed by Tage IDriver and developed with OEM partner SDLG. The Biesikuduke open-pit mine is the only mine producing silicon coal in China. Operations are challenging in winter as it is located in a very cold region, with the lowest temperature recorded of -43.6℃. Also operationally is is an inclined ..read more

On March 1, 2024, Hauhinco Holding GmbH – the parent company of HBT GmbH in Lünen, Germany – took over Breuer Motoren GmbH & Co KG. Hauhinco Holding is acquiring 100% of the shares in the Bochum-based mechanical engineering company – with retroactive economic effect from January 1, 2024. The traditional mechanical engineering company Breuer is a globally recognised supplier of drive and motor solutions for all market sectors that require robust, reliable, and durable equipment. The head office and main production site is in Bochum, NRW (Germany). All products are developed, produced, and c ..read more

Pillar extraction is back on the agenda again and NEPEAN Longwall is proving the coal mining doubters wrong with an ambitious and innovative project that, it says, may lead to an industry step-change, prolonging the life of underground operations by supplying a system that combines elements of both longwall and room & pillar mining methods. Australia-based NEPEAN Longwall has a value proposition that spans all aspects of longwall mining equipment, including armoured face conveyors, beam stage loaders, shearers, drive units, electro-hydraulics, chain and flights, hoses, cables and other spe ..read more

Sustainability, employee protection and operational insights are the drivers of a cutting-edge electrification upgrade at BHP BMA’s Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland, Australia, ABB says in a recent case study. At the BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) conjoined metallurgical coal mines Goonyella and Riverside in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, Subra Nedunuri, Senior Project Manager, Goonyella Riverside Mines (GRM), is responsible for delivering capital electrical projects without compromising environment, safety, quality, or mining schedules. When a 43-year-old section of Goonyella Riverside’s powe ..read more

Effective March 11, 2024, HBT Australia and leading energy sector solutions company TotalEnergies Marketing Australia (a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE) have agreed on ‘a new strong partnership.’ HBT will work with TotalEnergies Marketing Australia to provide resource companies with access to a single solution provider for all their onsite tunnelling, mining fluid, and lubricant requirements, including the Longwall HFA fluid. Through the collaboration, both companies will combine their expertise and expand their global reach, providing the resource sector with a turnkey solution for their extr ..read more

NRW Holdings Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, has signed a variation to its existing five-year mining services agreement with Jellinbah Mining Pty Ltd at the Jellinbah East coal mine in central Queensland, Australia. The scope of the variation includes operating and maintaining a second 600-t excavator and 220-t rear dump truck fleet to mine pre-strip overburden, increasing the full scope of the agreement to two 600-t mining fleets. The variation is valued at approximately A$160 million ($105 million) and will commence in April 2024 using existing owned fleet and ..read more

Australian Pacific Coal Limited (AQC) has commenced drawdown of its debt facility, and is now embarking on a plan to re-start mining at the Dartbrook coal operation, in New South Wales, Australia, with an aim of producing first coal in the middle of 2024. The company recently executed a three-year $60 million debt facility with Vitol Asia Pte Ltd to fund this redevelopment. This has allowed Australian Pacific Coal, as the Dartbrook operator, to place firm orders for critical equipment and long lead items, including the remaining sections of the underground conveyor system and materials for the ..read more