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Middlemount maintains production profile despite rationalising equipment

THE Middlemount joint venture kept third quarter waste removal and run-of-mine production at the open cut mine in Queensland at the same level as the previous corresponding period despite rationalising its equipment on site.

 The Middlemount mine site in Queensland.

The Middlemount mine site in Queensland.

The Yancoal and Peabody Energy JV also overcame geological issues during the quarter, Yancoal said.  "At Middlemount the equipment fleet has been rationalised, but waste removal and RoM output matched...

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