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| Leighton Contractors wins Moorvale coal contract Australia's Leighton Contractors said its Resources Division has been awarded a four-year contract extension worth $160 million by Macarthur Coal (C & M Management) Pty Ltd. Under the contract, Leighton Mining will initially undertake the majority of the surface mining operations at the Moorvale project, which is situated in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland. The Moorvale Project has an estimated 40 million tonnes of recoverable low volatile pulverised coal injection (PCI) coal and thermal coal and at current rates of production it is expected mining will continue until 2016. As part of the new arrangement, Leighton Mining will also commission, manage and operate Macarthur Coal's new mining fleet at Moorvale. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |