# Tarrawonga commissions new excavators

Whitehaven Coal allocated $50-$58 million for expansion capital at Tarrawonga mine, with new excavators commissioned and planned run-of-mine production run rate in Q4 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-03-09
- Where: Tarrawonga, Australia, Australia
- Value: $58.0M
- Starts operating: Q2 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: coal
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Whitehaven Coal](https://endata.com/companies/18817.md)
- [Hitachi Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/15738.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [miningmonthly.com](https://www.miningmonthly.com/international-coal-news/news/1382500/tarrawonga-commissions-excavators), 2020-03-09: "The company has allocated between $50-$58 million this financial year for expansion capital."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2020/04/16/whitehaven-coal-hits-automation-milestone-maules-creek-mine/), 2020-04-16: "Whitehaven Coal says autonomous haulage operations have now commenced at its Maules Creek coal operation in New South Wales, Australia."

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