Rio Tinto Coal Australia said Thursday work had started on bringing its Kestrel underground coking and thermal coal mine in Queensland back into production following extensive flooding in the Australian state.
The Kestrel coal mine is 40 km （24.8 miles） east of the town of Emerald in the southern part of the Bowen Basin coalfield at the bottom of the Goonyella coal supply chain and produces 4.2 million mt/year of coking and thermal coal, according to Rio Tinto's website.
"I can confirm that yesterday [Wednesday] we had some road access restored to the Kestrel mine, so we have begun to bring crews in to focus on recommencing operations and bringing the mine back into production," said a RTCA spokeswoman by email.
The RTCA spokeswoman went on to state that its December 29 declaration of force majeure to customers of its four Queensland coal mines, Blair Athol, Clermont, Hail Creek and Kestrel remained in force.
"In the meantime, the force majeure declaration on sales contracts for Rio Tinto Coal Australia's four mines will continue until normal production and railing rates are restored," she said.
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