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Dragline breakdown a drag on Stanmore

WEATHER, mining conditions and an unplanned nine-day dragline breakdown impacted Stanmore Coal’s production in the March quarter. Nevertheless, the Queensland-based producer still managed to report an 8% increase in run-of-mine production to 382,000 tonnes.

 The dragline at Stanmore's Isaac Plains mine in Queensland.

The dragline at Stanmore's Isaac Plains mine in Queensland.

A plan has been put into place to ensure production guidance for the full year of 1.2Mt of product tonnes is met, which will entail more truck and excavator overburden removal.  The dragline had previously...

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