Adani breaks ground at Carmichael
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Indian major Adani has broken ground at its Carmichael opencut coal mine, in Queensland.
Adani Mining CEO David Boshoff said the work to remove the rock was a significant milestone to have ticked off the construction schedule.
“We are on track to export first coal in 2021. It’s great to see our big new gear, the Liebherr R996B excavator and the CAT 796 dump trucks, hard at work,” said Boshoff.
“In time, they will reach the coal seam then we will be excavating coal as we need to remove around four cubic meters of rock for every tonne of coal we mine. As we move into this next phase of construction with more heavy machinery operating across the site, the safety of our people and contractors is my absolute priority.”
Boshoff pointed out that there were now more than 700 people working on the mine and rail project construction, with that number growing as more contractors arrive to build the coal handling plant and to work on the railway.
The Carmichael project is expected to produce ten-million tonnes a year of high quality thermal coal, which will be used for electricity generation in India and South-East Asia.
Some 200 km of rail track will be constructed for the project, and in total, the rail works for the project would include over 460 culverts, 17 bridges over waterways, two road over rail bridges, 68 railway crossings and local road upgrades.
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