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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified miner Rio Tinto on Tuesday officially opened the $2-billion extension of its Kestrel coal mine, in central Queensland.

The extension would add 20 years to the life of the mine and increase hard coking coal production to about six-million tonnes a year. The mine started production in July this year.

The mine includes two declines, a new 400 m longwall, infrastructure and upgrades to the existing coal handling and preparation plant. The extension would allow a new series of underground panels to be mined to the south of the existing operation.

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-launches-kestrel-extension-2013-10-15