Transfield Services awarded A$100 million in iron ore contracts

 Transfield Services has been awarded two engineering design and construction contracts in the Pilbara, Western Australia, worth a total of A$100 million. The contracts, with Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), integrate the expertise of Transfield Services’ specialist engineering design subsidiary, ICD, with the company’s construction capability. The contracts are:

• A one‐year, $65 million contract to design and construct Rio Tinto’s Parker Point fuels storage terminal in Dampier. The terminal, which receives fuel via a 1.8 km jetty and distributes the fuel by rail, is part of Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara
• A one‐year $35 million contract to design and construct diesel storage facilities and distribution infrastructure to support the development and operations of the Solomon mine. The site is strategically located near railway and road infrastructure 30 minutes from Port Hedland and is critical to FMG’s expansion plans in the region. (more…)