COAL

Anglo delivers first coal from Grosvenor

Anglo American has commissioned the Grosvenor metallurgical coal mine located adjacent to its Moranbah North colliery in Queensland’s Bowen Basin

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Lucia, Anglo American's TBM for the Grosvenor mine

Lucia, Anglo American's TBM for the Grosvenor mine

The project has delivered its first coal from its underground longwall seven months ahead of schedule and more than US$100 million below budget.

The construction of the mine, approved in 2011, involved the first use of a tunnel boring machine (pictured) for a mine in Australia.

The US$1.95 billion longwall operation is expected to produce 3.2 million saleable tonnes in 2016 and at full capacity will push out 7.5Mt/y.

Once fully ramped up, all-in sustaining unit costs of A$110/t (US$82/t) are expected.

Seamus French, CEO of bulk commodities at Anglo American, said: “We began the installation of the longwall just 24 days before its first shear and production of coal – a truly remarkable feat and a result of the team’s technical expertise and the modular approach we have taken to our underground longwall operations in Australia.”

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