MEANDU RISING: THE SECOND LIFE OF TARONG COAL PROJECT'S MEANDU MINE

摘要

Rio Tinto Coal Australia built the Meandu Mine in 1983 expecting to deliver 25 years of cost effective energy to the Tarong Power Station, never expecting the massive changes that would impact those next 25 years and beyond. RTCA eventually lost faith in Meandu's ability to continue providing long term profitable coal, thus the decision to close Meandu and move to Kunioon beyond 2010. It took a change in ownership and fresh eyes to see that Meandu was not the washed-up has-been mine previously believed.