Bowen Coking Coal ends the year on a high note

Bowen Coking Coal has ticked off a major KPI with the successful commissioning of infrastructure crucial to its growth plans in Central Queensland. It comes with the loading of the first coal through its Mallawa train loadout facility (or TLO), which along with the Broadmeadow East Mine, is part of the company’s greater Burton Complex near Moranbah in Queensland’s northern Bowen Basin. This is on top of four trains of coal totalling over 41Kt which have been railed from Broadmeadow East since late October through Fitzroy Australia’s nearby Carborough Downs coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) and TLO. Coal production commenced at the Broadmeadow East Mine in July this year to deliver steady state production of between 0.8Mtpa and 1.1Mtpa ROM. Related: Bowen Coking Coal blossoms as exports begin Initial sales were completed on a train-by-train basis under a spot arrangement through the company’s 50:50 Marketing Joint Venture, managed by M Resources. The company said it was on track to make its first export shipment of Broadmeadow East coal in January, despite wet weather impacts, with a cape size bulk carrier which docked at Mackay’s Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) on the 27th of December. A big year for Bowen Coking Coal In a year of firsts, the company produced its first coal from two separate mines in different parts of the Bowen Basin said Bowen Coking Coal Managing Director and CEO, Mr Gerhard Redelinghuys. They had also worked tirelessly to refurbish the Burton Complex in good time, Mr Redelinghuys said. Bowen Coking Coal Managing Director and CEO, Mr Gerhard Redelinghuys “As we have seen today, the completed refurbishment works of the TLO proved to be very successful,” he said. “The CHPP refurbishment is progressing exceptionally well with teams working through the Christmas break to expedite the path to the first wash, expected in the next quarter. “We look to ring in the New Year with our first cape size vessel of coal through DBCT. “These achievements are testament to the hard work and capabilities of the whole Bowen team, alongside our valued consultants, contractors and infrastructure partners, who have all served Bowen’s transition into a revenue generating operation this year as we ramp up to our production target of five million tonnes Run-of-Mine coal per annum by 20241,” The Greater Burton complex also includes the Burton and Lenton pits, the 5.5 million tonne (Mt) Burton CHPP as well as a 350 plus person camp.

Bowen Coking Coal ends the year on a high note

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