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BHP to move dragline to South Walker Creek

BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal plans to move its Marion 8050 dragline from the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin to its South Walker Creek mine in May, a distance of 77km

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A Marion 8050 dragline

A Marion 8050 dragline

The company intends to have the dragline operational at the South Walker Creek mine by July 1. The 3,500t dragline, which will move at an average speed of 5km/h, will take at least 16 days to reach South...

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