I-Anglo American, umvukuzi wemigodi, ithe iyakuhlehlisa ukuhlanganiswa okucwangcisiweyo kwemigodi yayo yamalahle yaseMoranbah naseGrosvenor e-Australia ukususela ngo-2022 ukuya ku-2024 ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi.
Ngaphambili i-Anglo yayicebe ukuhlanganisa imigodi yokupheka yaseMoramba neyaseGrosvenor kwilizwe laseQueensland ukuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kwemveliso nokwenza kube lula ukwabelana ngezixhobo. Nangona kunjalo, ukuqhuma kwimigodi yamalahle yaseGrosvenor ngoMeyi kunye nemiqathango yokungeniswa kwamalahle okupheka ase-Australia eTshayina kuye kwalibazisa ukuhlanganiswa okucwangcisiweyo kwezi migodi zimbini.
Ukususela ngo-2016, iGrosvenor Coal Mine ibigxile kumalahle enziwe ngesinyithi e-longwallukwemba. NgoMeyi, abasebenzi bemigodi abahlanu bonzakala kakhulu kuqhushumbo ngexesha besebenza emigodini. Umgodi wamisa ukwemba iingalo ezinde emva nje kwengozi.
I-Anglo ithe iyalibazisa izicwangciso zokwandisa izityalo ezimbini zokucubungula amalahle kude kube ngu-2022, apho kulindeleke ukuba kuqalise imveliso yeetoni ezingama-20m zamalahle kwasekuqaleni kuka-2024, ukusuka kwi-16m. I-Anglo ikwathobe uqikelelo lwayo lwemveliso yamalahle ka-2022 ukuya kwi-22-24 yezigidi zeetoni, ukusuka kwi-25-27 yezigidi zeetoni ngaphambili, kwaye ngo-2023 ukuya kwi-23-25 ​​yezigidi zeetoni, ukusuka kwi-30 yezigidi zeetoni ngaphambili.
Ngokuyintloko ngenxa yeengozi zaseMoramba naseGrosvenor kunye nokuhamba kobuso be-longwall kwimigodi yaseGrosvenor naseGrasstree, i-Anglo iye yehlisa umgomo wayo wemveliso ka-2020 ukusuka kuluhlu lwangaphambili lweetoni ezili-16-18 lezigidi ukuya kwiitoni ezili-17 lezigidi, yehla ngama-26 ekhulwini ukusuka kwiitoni ezingama-23 ezigidi ngo-2019. Njengoko iGrosvenor kulindeleke ukuba iqalise ukuvelisa kwakhona ngoJuni kunyaka ozayo, imveliso yamalahle kulindeleke ukuba inyuke iye kwiitoni ezili-18-20 lezigidi ngo-2021.
I-Anglo ikwaceba ukuphuhlisa umgodi wokupheka ongaphantsi komhlaba we-Moranbah South onobukhulu be-14m tonnes, ovunyiweyo ngurhulumente wobumbano. Nangona kunjalo, le projekthi ibingekho kuluhlu lweeprojekthi i-Anglo ezikhutshelwe abatyali-mali kutshanje.