Nieuwenhuis was appointed as the technical services manager for “Grosvenor operational readiness”, an AAMC spokesperson said.
Targeting a mine life of 30 years, the proposed Grosvenor mine is expected to produce 4.3 million tonnes per annum of metallurgical coal. Construction is planned to start in 2012 and full production anticipated in 2016.
Run-of-mine production is expected to reach up to 7Mtpa, with this output to be transported via an overland conveyor for processing at the company’s Moranbah North longwall mine.
The project has completed the public exhibition phase of the environmental impact statement.
Anglo also plans to develop the Moranbah South longwall project over the next 10 years. Anglo American chief executive Cynthia Carroll toured the Moranbah North mine earlier this month.
Before Vale, Nieuwenhuis worked for Rio Tinto’s Kestrel longwall mine and was one of the members of the Australian Coal Association Research Program’s Roadway Development Task Group.
