John Holland, a subsidiary of Leighton (LEI) 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 Limited (AQA)).
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 Group Managing Director, Glenn Palin, said: “This new contract consolidates our existing mining capabilities and will provide further opportunities for growth in this area of our business. We look forward to working with Isaac Plains Coal Management to reach our first year delivery targets and develop new ways to improve efficiency and support other areas of their Isaac Plains operation.”
General Manager of John Holland’s Mining business, Rob Monaci, commented: “Our new work at Isaac Plains is a great fit with the existing skills of our operational teams and our fleet of mining equipment. We look forward to building our relationship with the client to continue the smooth transition, effectively establish our systems and procedures and meet our first year performance targets.”
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.
Tags: AQA, Aquila Resources, Coal mining, John Holland, LEI, Leighton, New contract
