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Client:
Anglo American Metallurgical CoalLocation:
Queensland, AustraliaDuration:
3 YearsScope of Work:
Mechanical Excavation
At Grosvenor Mine, Redpath Australia excavated both the conveyor and transport drifts utilizing an earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (TBM).
Grosvenor Mine is located 5 km north of the township of Moranbah and was established to extract coal from the Goonyella Middle Seam by conventional longwall methods.
This was the first use of a TBM approved for drift construction, in an underground coal mine in Queensland.
967m Excavated By EPBM Method
1:6 Gradient Conveyor Drift
First Use Of A TBM
In Underground Coal Mines In Queensland
1,258m Excavated By EPBM Method
1:8 Gradient Transport Drift
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