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Vysarn sends second rig NRW strikes first win CPB set to dress up

to Roy Hill for new subsidiary Robe Valley
Vysarn Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary NRW Holdings Ltd’s newly acquired sub- Rio Tinto Ltd has selected CIMIC
Pentium Hydro Pty Ltd is supplying a sidiary BGC Contracting has been awarded Group company CPB Contractors to de-
second rig to operations at Roy Hill Iron a $138 million infrastructure contract at liver three separate packages of work at
Ore Pty Ltd. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd’s Eliwana mine Robe Valley in the Pilbara.
The initial purchase order under Vy- and rail project. Valued at around $150 million, the
sarn’s general works contract with Roy The scope includes the construction of work packages include various earth-
Hill was signed in November and has an about 65km of rail formation, including earth- works and civil works associated with
estimated first phase value of about $1.3 works, roadworks, drainage works and con- development of Robe Valley, about
million. struction of bridges and precast structures. 140km south-west of Karratha.
Pentium was planning to mobilise to Current timelines have the project on Other major works – to be completed
site by the end of last month. Based on schedule for delivery in late 2020, with a by the end of next year – include con-
the current scope, the company was ex- peak workforce of about 400. struction of roads, bridges and pits; wa-
pecting to complete the order within 3-4 NRW’s acquisition of BGC Contracting ter supply infrastructure and drainage;
months of mobilisation. for an enterprise value of about $310 million fencing; and site establishment and de-
was completed in December. mobilisation.

DRA advised to proceed

with Colluli build
A notice to proceed has been issued
to DRA Global for the provision of EPCM
services at Danakali Ltd’s 50%-owned
Colluli sulphate-of-potash project in Eri-
trea.
Initial EPCM activities will include a re-
view and possible update of the FEED,
the start of geotechnical test work and
the purchase of critical equipment.
Danakali has also confirmed Earth
Moving Worldwide as the preferred con-
tractor for the Colluli mining services
scope, covering the pre-production peri-
od plus the first five years of production.
Execution of a mining services con-
tract is expected in early 2020, ahead of
proposed first production in 2022.

CPB Contractors was recently awarded
about $150 million worth of work packages
at Rio Tinto’s Robe Valley mine

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