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Lake Vermont Coal Mine

Client:  Lake Vermont Resources
Location:  Queensland
Start:  October 2007
Finish:  December 2013
Contract Type:  Contract mining (Schedule of rates)
Value:  $742 million* (at 30 June 2011)
Description:  

Thiess has secured a mining services contract for the Lake Vermont Coal Mine which is located 18km north east of Dysart in Central Queensland.

Total mining operations include:
  • planning
  • drill and blast
  • overburden removal
  • coal mining
  • coal processing, and
  • maintenance of all fixed and mobile plant.

Since 2005, Thiess has assisted the Lake Vermont Joint Venture to develop mine plans and infrastructure requirements to support their mining operations.

Click the following links for details on the Lake Vermont Coal Infrastructure project and the Lake Vermont Coal Handling and Preparation project.

* For long term contracts extending beyond five years, the total contract value shown includes the value of work completed to date plus five years worth of work in hand.