Parsons Brinckerhoff has been named project management consultant for Adani Mining Pty. Ltd.’s multi-billion-dollar Carmichael integrated coal mine, port, and rail project in the Galilee Basin in western Queensland, Australia.
The Carmichael project is an open-cut and underground operation with an anticipated yield of 60 million metric tons per year and is one of the largest thermal coal pit-rail-port projects currently under development worldwide. Parsons Brinckerhoff will be responsible for managing and providing assurance services for the multiple engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts on behalf of Adani Mining.
The key features of the Carmichael project include multiple open-cut pits and underground operations, with a 60-year operating life; five mine infrastructure areas; a coal handling and processing plant; a heavy industrial area and water-supply infrastructure; a 241-mile standard-gauge rail line; a new terminal facility at Abbot Point; and off-site infrastructure including accommodation and related transport solutions.