Conceptual, Pre-feasibility, Feasibility and Optimisation Studies, Long Term Expansion (Stage 3), Hail Creek Coal Mine, Queensland, Australia
|
Haga clic aquí para la versión en español
In concurrence with the implementation of the stage 2 expansion for the Hail Creek facility, west of Mackay in Queensland, SKM also completed a series of studies for the long term expansion (stage 3) of the Hail Creek Coal processing facility beyond 8Mtpa.
The conceptual study evaluated various options for winning coal from new areas adjacent to the existing Hail Creek mine and delivering it to the existing coal handling and preparation plant for processing. It also assessed the viability of establishing an underground operation at Hail Creek.
The pre-feasibility study identified several options for the development of a new mining area 4km east of the existing mine, delivery of additional coal to the existing coal preparation plant as well as evaluating several different options for the expansion of the product handling system.
The subsequent feasibility study was an all encompassing evaluation of a selected expansion option that took the capacity of the mine and processing plant to a nominal 12Mtpa capacity. It involved options evaluation, basic engineering and estimate preparation for the following areas:
- All on site infrastructure, including administration facilities, industrial facilities, water management systems and power supply and reticulation
- Off site infrastructure, including expansion of the existing village along with the development of a new construction village
- Expansion of the product handling system to incorporate a duplicate product stockpile
- The development of a new co-disposal emplacement
- The development of a new mining area to the east of the existing pit including haul roads, new run of mine facilities to accommodate a new fleet of haul vehicles and all utilities/services connections to the new mining area.
|