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Terracom to slash operating costs at Blair Athol

BECOMING an owner-operator is forecast to deliver significant savings at Terracom’s Blair Athol mine in Queensland with the free-on-board operating costs expected to fall 17% to AU$59 per tonne.

 Blair Athol has achieved an annualised coal sales run rate of 2.45 million tonnes per annum for the September quarter.

Blair Athol has achieved an annualised coal sales run rate of 2.45 million tonnes per annum for the September quarter.

The company said in its September quarterly report that actual FOB costs for August and September 2020 were in line with this expectation with reported costs being approximately $57/t. "Performance...

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