PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner Glencore has awarded mining services provider Thiess with a contract extension to provide mining services at the Mount Owen coal mine, in the Hunter Valley.
The 18-month contract extension will generate revenue of A$340-million to Thiess, and would see the company continue to provide mine planning, design and execution, drill and blast, overburden removal and coal mining services at the mine.
Thiess has operated at Mt Owen since 1994.