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First coal shipped from BME

25th October 2022

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

     

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Bowen Coking Coal has shipped the first coal from its Broadmeadow East (BME) mine through the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT), in Queensland.

Coal mining at BME started in July this year, and is the first pit to come online as part of Bowen Coking Coal’s greater Burton Complex, in Queensland’s Bowen basin. It is the company’s second operating mine, following first production and sales from the Bluff mine in June 2022.

Coal production at BME is expected to ramp up to steady-state production of between 0.8-million tonnes and 1.1-million tonnes run-of-mine (RoM) in the next quarter.

MD and CEO Gerhard Redelinghuys said the shipment of Bowen’s first coal from BME was yet another significant achievement for the company, following two shipments from the Bluff mine, in the southern Bowen basin, earlier in the year.

“Having two mines producing in different parts of the Bowen basin and using alternative infrastructure, spreads risk brought on by the unseasonal wet weather. It also demonstrates the company’s technical ability by bringing two mines into production in one year, whilst simultaneously refurbishing the Burton Complex.”

“It is a marvelous achievement for the company, demonstrating our ability to move quickly and overcome obstacles as we ramp up to our production target of five-million tonnes RoM coal per annum by 2024,” he said.

A further three trains carrying approximately 30 000 t of BME coal are scheduled to be railed to DBCT in the coming week. Initial sales are being completed on a train-by-train basis through Fitzroy’s Carborough Downs facilities during the ramp-up phase while Bowen’s own train loadout facility at the Burton Complex is being refurbished.

The company has recently announced it is planning a maiden Cape-size vessel of BME coal for late December 2022.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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