BHP Billiton – Maruwai Mine
- Owner: BHP Billiton
- Project: Coal Preparation and Handling System
- Location: Maruwai Mine, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Scope: Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Project Background
Feasibility study for the proposed new coal mine in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia for BHP Billiton Indonesia.
The project is located some 540 km from the port and required the development of transport infrastructure for 4.0 MTPA of product.
The mine and ROM facilities are to be located within the mining area with the crushed product overland conveyed to a dual circuit (500 TPH module) coal preparation plant and stock out of single product coal ready for loading into road train type haul trucks for the 130 km road haulage to the barge port.
Stockpiled coal will be located at the barge port near Melak on the Mahaham River before being delivered into barges and transported 400 km to the offshore floating coal storage and transshipment facility.
The Maruwai site also required the establishment of all the ancillary infrastructure required to support the project. The study included:
- 1000 TPH Coal Preparation Plant
- Materials Handling system
- Overland Conveyor
- Truck Loading and Dump Systems
- Barge Loading and River Port Facility
- Haul Road
- Maintenance, Office, and Admin Complex
- Man Camp Facilities
- On–site power generation, utilities, infrastructure