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Rio iron ore takes Studies have begun on the plant which
is expected to produce 2,000 tpa at a
ESG flight 99.99% purity.
The DFS will cover process and non-
Rio Tinto Ltd’s Pilbara iron ore portfolio process infrastructure engineering design,
gained a massive boost in ESG creden- execution planning, and risk management.
tials after inking a ground disturbance so- Como is set to finish up work in early
lutions deal with K2Fly Ltd. May.
The five-year, $3.44 million contract
means Rio now uses five out of nine total
solutions offered by K2Fly. The two com- Red 5 dives
panies are already partnered on services underground
for resource inventory and reconciliation,
dam and tailings, community and heritage, Red 5 Ltd has begun underground mine
and mine geology data management. development at its Darlot gold mine via the
For K2Fly, this new contract will deliver services of Redpath Australia Pty Ltd.
an annual recurring revenue of $620,000. Redpath is undertaking 3km of rapid un-
“We are delighted to continue to expand derground development which will provide
our relationship with Rio Tinto into ground access to new mine areas in Burswood,
disturbance,” K2Fly chief executive Nic Pederson, Middle Waters South, and
Pollock said. “Effective ground distur- Thompson.
bance systems are the glue for opera- This work is part of a larger programme
tions that want to ensure technical assur- that will carry into June 2023.
ance around land management, maintain Let them eat cake: Austin engineering chief Expansions will see Darlot transition
licence to operate and ensure high ESG executive David Singleton (left) toasts the $7 into a satellite mine for the King of the Hills
standards.” million deal for 16 ULTiMA truck bodies with processing hub, with the new processing
NRw managing director Jules Pemberton
plant expected to produce first gold in the
Cake by the truck load which combined to increase the compa- June 2022 quarter.
Redpath has been contracted for 12
There was cake on the menu as Austin ny’s revenue in the Asia Pacific region by years, for a total contract value of $13
Engineering Ltd and NRW Civil & Mining 19% in FY21. million. Red 5 is funding the contract via
celebrated a $7 million deal for Perth- Austin is now investing $6.5 million to Darlot’s cash flow with options to extend at
made truck bodies. implement advanced manufacturing pro- six-month intervals.
Austin will manufacture 16 ULTIMA cesses and capabilities at its locations, in-
high performance truck bodies from its cluding increased automation and the use
Kewdale base, delivered to NRW. of custom jigs, fixtures, workstations and Strandline turns the
A steel plate cutting ceremony was a standardised manufacturing approach to sands of time
also held as the first truck body travelled building products. The Kewdale facility will
through the production line. Celebration receive the first manufacturing upgrade, Mine Site Construction Services
attendees included NRW chief executive benefiting customers such as NRW. (MSCS) has been contracted by Strand-
Jules Pemberton, and Chamber of Min- line Resources Ltd for a variety of jobs at
erals and Energy Western Australia chief King River knights its Coburn mineral sands project in West-
executive Paul Everingham. ern Australia.
NRW also ordered two 6060 face shov- DFS deal MSCS will provide and operate the
el buckets from Austin. King River Resources Ltd has selected mining fleet associated with ore mining,
The Kewdale facility is co-located within Como Engineers to carry out the DFS for overburden removal, pit backfill and land
Austin’s new corporate headquarters, ac- its high purity aluminium Type 1 precursor recontouring. Open pit dry mining will be
companied by an Indonesian location, carried out at a rate of 23.4 mtpa.
processing plant in Kwinana, Perth. The award covers the first seven years

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