# Macmahon wins $700M contract for Byerwen coal mine expansion

Macmahon Holdings won a $700 million contract for an expansion and three-year extension of its work at the Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland, Australia. The expansion will increase production to 10 million tonnes per annum, and Macmahon will invest $16 million in ancillary equipment plus two excavators worth $37 million.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-06-04
- Where: Byerwen mine, Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia
- Value: $483.0M (700.0M AUD)
- Jobs: 180
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10 million tonnes per annum of hard coking coal
- Products: open-cut mining services, hard coking coal
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [JFE Steel Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19688.md) (customer)
- [Macmahon Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/22329.md) (supplier)
- [QCoal](https://endata.com/companies/25333.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [industryqld.com.au](https://industryqld.com.au/macmahon-snares-700m-contract-as-byerwen-ramps-up/), 2020-06-04: "Macmahon Holdings has won a $700 million contract for an expansion and three-year extension of its work at the Byerwen coking coal mine in the Bowen Basin."

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