SCOPE OF WORK: Maxitool Australia was engaged to desilt the 12N Dam at Yancoal’s Mount Thorley Warkworth Operations. The aim was to increase the dams’ water holding capacity. The 12N dam is the main water source for the North CHPP plant. CHALLENGES FACED: Firstly, we conducted a Hydrographic Survey of the dam using our...
Read MoreSCOPE OF WORK: Maxitool Australia was engaged to desilt the RS2 dam which is the first in a series of return water dams for the Goonyella Riverside CHPP operations. CHALLENGES FACED: Due to a lack of effective maintenance in the past, the RS2 Dam was so full that silt was making its way into...
Read MoreSCOPE OF WORK: Maxitool Australia was engaged to desilt GS4A which is the final sediment catchment pond for Goonyella Riverside mine before the silt flows into Eureka Creek and off site. CHALLENGES FACED: A lack of anchor points on shore and the restrictions on using screw pile anchors due to the risk of ground...
Read MoreSCOPE OF WORK: Equipment was mobilised to site to dredge Retention Dam 7 (RD7) the dam water was used as a truck fill point and also in the processing plant. There was an unknown quantity of slurry to be removed as there were no as built drawings. The product was coal fines with some...
Read MoreSCOPE OF WORK: Maxitool Dredging was engaged to de-silt the 55meg Dam at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Bauxite Mine in Weipa. This process was to allow for other works to be carried out on the pump pick / suction points. The dam is the main water feed dam for the process plant. CHALLENGES FACED: We...
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