The Bengalla Mining Company is a joint venture ownership with Wesfarmers, New Hope Group, Mitsui and Taipower. It operates an open cut coal mine, using a dragline, truck and excavator method for extraction. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation 130km to the port of Newcastle where it is shipped to international customers. The Bengalla mine is approved for an extraction limit of fifteen million tonnes per year of run of mine coal. Coal supply chain Business Function Strategic and tactical Planning Function BOLT - bolt.polymathian.com Product BOLT was able to automate and optimise Bengalla’s planning processes, as a result it has improved profit margins by 10%. CASE STUDY Maximising profit by automating and optimising coal suppl

Join for free to read