PECL expertise in Australia 's largest greenfield coal-mining complex
Caval Ridge is the largest greenfield coal-mining complex in Australia. Designed and built by Bechtel for a joint venture of BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development, it is sited on 27 square kilometers in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland. The complex produces hard metallurgical coal for use as coke in steel mills in China, India, and elsewhere.
The mine's initial production capacity was expected to be 5.5 million metric tons per year, and the project achieved world-class safety, environment, and health standards.
Coal from Caval Ridge, and the JV's other properties (including Daunia, also built by Bechtel), is shipped out of the Hay Point terminal, which was recently expanded by Bechtel. The project included a coal mine, a coal-handling and preparation plant, and other facilities.
PECL have performed the detail design with Bechtel, included providing the Machinal engineering service in sizing of raw coal transfer conveyor and station, MR (Material Requisition), utility supply piping system design.