QMASTOR Limited (ASX: QML) - Australia’s leading supplier of bulk material management information systems and services - announced today that it has secured a contract with Xstrata Coal for the provision of its supply chain management system at the Oaky Creek coal project located in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.
QMASTOR will provide Oaky Creek with a pit to plant stockpile management and mine reconciliation solution. The system will provide detailed material tracking; inventory, stockpiling, blending and grade control as well as mine reconciliation. The system will also integrate seamlessly to existing systems such as Runge’s XPAC and the wash plants distributed control system for automated data synchronisation and extraction.
Trent Bagnall, Managing Director of QMASTOR Limited stated “This installation strengthens our dominant position in Australia’s coal mining industry for supply chain management information systems”
About Xstrata Coal
Xstrata Coal, (a division of Xstrata plc) is the world's largest producer of export thermal coal and a significant producer of coking coal. The company produces, on a managed basis, in excess of 70 million tonnes of coal each year. Xstrata Coal has interests in over thirty coal mines located in Australia and South Africa and employs around 10,000 people, including contractors.
The world-class Oaky Creek project boasts two underground longwall operations and one open cut operation, all of which exclusively produce high quality coking coal. These modern large-scale mining operations have the capacity to produce in excess of 10 million tonnes of coking coal each year.
About QMASTOR Limited
QMASTOR Limited (ASX: QML) is a market leader in the provision of specialist management information systems and services to the global mining, port, power generation and other bulk commodity industries. Since, 1987 QMASTOR has pioneered innovative solutions to empower clients to improve their operations and maximise profit through the efficient use of resources across the supply chain.
For further information contact:
Trent Bagnall – Managing Director
Phone: +61 (2) 4908 2222
Email: tbagnall@qmastor.com
Web: www.qmastor.com |