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Millennium is an open-cut mine located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Millennium produces a low-ash coking coal and low to mid-volatile Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) coal for customers in Japan, Korea, China and India. The coal is mined using conventional truck and excavator mining methods and railed to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal near Mackay for shipping. Millennium is currently mined under contract by Downer EDI Mining (DEDIM), but will be transitioning to Peabody owner-operator status in the lead up to 31 March 2013 when the current contract expires. Millennium’s location south of Peabody’s Burton, Eaglefield and North Goonyella mines provides the opportunity for operational synergy in the north of the Bowen Basin to meet rapidly expanding demand from Asia.
Millennium Expansion ProjectMillennium has a strong future, with extensive reserves available to 2028 and beyond. The Millennium Expansion Project (MEP) is an expansion of the existing mining operation into a new lease area and will see an increase of the mine’s run of mine extraction rate up to 5.5 million tonnes per annum. The expansion will require relatively minor construction works and full capacity is expected by 2013-14. Peabody voluntarily undertook an environmental impact assessment for the expansion. MetServe Consulting Pty Ltd, an experienced consultancy, was engaged to investigate and report on all potential environmental and social impacts for the MEP. Submissions on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) were reviewed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) and the EIS was approved in September 2011. The environmental authority to mine was then granted in November 2011.
If you would like more information about the environmental impact assessment process, visit DERM’s website at www.derm.qld.gov.au . If you have any queries relating to the Millennium Expansion Project, contact Peabody Energy Australia on 07 3225 5500. |
