The Thiess team at the Melak coal mine in Indonesia, celebrated the opening of the new Benggeris workshop with an inauguration ceremony in December.

The new workshop is located closer to the Benggeris pit than the original workshop, which allows the team to more effectively support the work in the pit and deliver for the client.

The opening ceremony was a significant moment for the Melak project team who joined with everyone who contributed to the construction of the workshop to thank them for their support.

“I am so proud of this important milestone for the project,” said Thiess Project Manager, Anhar Manto. “The completion of the new Benggeris Workshop is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved. I am grateful for the support we have received and am excited to see what we can achieve with this new facility,” Manto said.

Thiess says the team looks forward to continuing to deliver safe operations at Melak with the help of the new facility.

Melak is in East Kalimantan and owned by the Bayan Group. The Melak mine is divided into two different mine concessions, Teguh Sinar Abadi and Firman Ketaun Perkasa.

Operations commenced in 2007 and have continued since that time with the mine currently producing approximately 3 Mt/y per annum of bituminous quality coal.

Overburden removal and coal transportation are contracted to PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia, with the long term contract renewed in December 2022. From the mining location, coal is transported 20-25 km to a barge loading facility owned and operated by the Bayan Group on the Mahakam River.