📋 Tender Overview
ScopeWork on the project which includes relocating tailings at the mine to access the coal beneath will commence this year following Federal approval and involves significant investment in infrastructure and constructionThe project will enable our Bulga operations to continue to support almost 900 employees and 700 mainly local businesses with whom our mine spent over 330 million last year aloneThis modification would allow the company to extract additional tonnes largely from within the same mine footprint and enable Bulga Coal to continue providing direct employment and generate additional employment during construction of new infrastructureIt is expected to employ 1000 workers and extend the life of Glencores Bulga Coal open cut mine by four years until 2039.The reason for the modification is to extract coal from under an existing tailing dam which will require removal along with some infrastructure including workshops and fuel storage.
