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| John Holland wins contract at Isaac Plains Coal Mine John Holland, one of Australia’s biggest construction companies, has secured a 30 month mine operations contract to deliver works at Isaac Plains Coal Mine in Central Queensland. Located approximately two hours west of Mackay, the contract is valued at approximately $260 million and will be delivered on behalf of Isaac Plains Coal Management (which manages a 50:50 JV between Vale and Aquila Resources Ltd). John Holland will provide full service mining operations at Isaac Plains, including clearing, topsoil stripping, drill and blast, truck excavator waste removal, coal mining, rejects haulage, dump profiling and rehabilitation works. In the first 12 months of operation, John Holland is targeted to move approximately 26M cubic metres of waste and 3.6M tonnes of coal. John Holland commenced operations at Isaac Plains Coal Mine under an interim agreement in October 2009. The final agreement is effective from 1 January 2010 and extends through 30 June 2012. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |