Rio Tinto ready to build Simandou after almost 30 years of setbacks
Simandou has faced delays due to legal disputes, political changes, and the challenges of building out 600 km rail and port infrastructure.
Newlands Northern underground mine – located in the Bowen basin of Queensland, Australia – is the new record holder for weekly and monthly production from longwall operations. In May 2009, it extracted 961,891 t from the longwall, beating Beltana’s previous record of 955,049 t set in November 2005, and also broke the weekly record, with production of 251,720 t in a single week ending May 5. Both mines are operated by Xstrata Coal. (more…)