The Lake Lindsay project involves the delivery of a new processing plant, coal handling facilities and overland conveyor as part of an expansion of Anglo Coal’s German Creek mine located 290km southwest of Mackay.

The mine will have its coal handling and processing capability upgraded to 16 million tonnes per annum from the current 11Mt.

Sedgman managing director Peter Hay said Lake Lindsay was the second project undertaken by the company for leading coal producer Anglo Coal Australia, which in April 2006 awarded the Thiess Sedgman Joint Venture (TSJV) a contract for the $442 million Dawson mine project.

“We have built a strong relationship with Anglo Coal and this contract proves our hard work is paying off. We have been working with Anglo Coal since 2005 in planning for this project and commenced work under an interim agreement in March 2006,” Hay said.

“We have now landed two of the largest coal handling and preparation plant [CHPP] contracts ever awarded in the Australian coal industry.”

The project work will include an 800 tonne per hour coal preparation plant and a 21km long single flight belt conveyor, the second longest of its type in the southern hemisphere.

Work on the project is due for completion by December, with the construction workforce peaking at 500 employees.

“We have delivered three new coal contracts so far this financial year, including the Acland and Sonoma CHPP contracts,” Hay said.

“We are also in negotiations for further expansion work and long-term CHPP operations at Sonoma.”