# BMA completes second Liebherr 9800 excavator at Goonyella Riverside mine

Construction of the second of two new Liebherr 9800 excavators was completed at BMA's Goonyella Riverside mine in the Bowen Basin, as part of an accelerated stripping project to increase waste stripping and coal exposure capacity. Each excavator cost about $16 million and moves about 15 million banked cubic metres of dirt per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-27
- Where: Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia
- Value: $32.0M
- Starts operating: 20 Mar 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 15 million banked cubic metres per year per excavator
- Products: coal
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [BHP Mitsubishi Alliance](https://endata.com/companies/30970.md)

## Sources

- [industryqld.com.au](https://industryqld.com.au/added-grunt-at-goonyella-riverside/), 2018-03-27: "Construction of the second of two new Liebherr 9800 excavators was completed at BMA's Goonyella Riverside mine in the Bowen Basin last week."

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