Anglo American to resume mining at Grosvenor by year-end
Anglo American (LON: AAL)聽is ramping up聽work聽to resume longwall mining at its聽Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland, Australia,聽almost 18 months聽after a聽methane聽explosion聽seriously injured five workers.聽
The company, which was聽granted permission to bring back workers聽to the mine in April聽to conduct safety and compliance inspections,聽said it聽has since been聽implementing聽a staged聽resumption of operations.聽聽
Delivering its third quarter results, Anglo noted it aimed to resume operations by the end of the year, subject to approval.
Since the accident, the company said it has completed works to permanently seal the impacted area of the mine, installed additional gas monitoring infrastructure and completed a risk assessment process, drawing on both internal and external experts.聽
Anglo American鈥檚 export metallurgical coal production dropped聽11%聽to 4.3 million tonnes for the September quarter, as operations at its Moranbah North coal mine in Queensland were impacted by challenging geological conditions for most of the quarter.聽
Grosvenor, located about 190km south-west of Mackay, produced its first coal in 2016 and has an anticipated mine life of over 30 years.
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