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Maules Creek starts mining - Whitehaven

Maules Creek starts mining - Whitehaven

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20th August 2014

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Opencut mining operations have started at ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine, in New South Wales.

The miner on Wednesday reported that two blasts last week had preceded the start of full-scale mining, using the company’s new mining fleet.

“This is an important milestone for Maules Creek and Whitehaven. We have been focused on delivering the Maules Creek project for all our stakeholders, including the local community for a considerable period of time,” said Whitehaven MD and CEO Paul Flynn.

He noted that with the start of the boxcut operations, the transition from construction to operations was well under way, accelerating the benefits that accrue to the local region.

The Maules Creek project was expected to rail its first saleable coal in March next year.

The $767-million Maules Creek operation received the green light in early July 2013, to extract some 13-million tons of coal a year.

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