{"id":10735,"date":"2010-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/aecom-has-won-a-us12-million-design-contract-from-rio-tinto-coal-australia\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:40:08","slug":"aecom-has-won-a-us12-million-design-contract-from-rio-tinto-coal-australia","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/aecom-has-won-a-us12-million-design-contract-from-rio-tinto-coal-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"AECOM has won a US$12-million design contract from Rio Tinto Coal Australia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contract is part of the company&#8217;s Kestrel Mine extension project in Queensland&#8217;s Bowen Basin. AECOM&#8217;s responsibilities will pertain to the completion of the extension&#8217;s design scope, including the remaining work required for the surface infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The extension will provide new underground and surface infrastructure, which includes new mine access and conveyor drifts to surface, new coal-clearance systems, overland conveying, washplant upgrades, new surface facilities, and backbone infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Kestrel Mine produces high-quality coking coal and thermal coal for export. It uses longwall extraction methods that produce higher resource-recovery rates, use lower volumes of roof-support materials and offer increased roof protection for workers than other mining methods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take pride in the fact that we are applying sustainability principles to our work on this expansive project,&#8221; said John M. Dionisio, AECOM president and chief executive officer. AECOM was previously responsible for providing the feasibility study and detailed engineering services for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The first coal shipment from the new mine extension is scheduled for 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10735","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/10735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}