World news – AU – SCEE for the electrification of the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Rio Tinto – International Mining

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering will perform plant electrical and instrumentation work at the Gudai-Darri (formerly known as Koodaideri) in Rio Tinto. Iron ore mining site in Western Australia under a contract valued at over 65 million. AUD (48 million. USD).

As part of the agreement, SCEE will be mobilized at the Pilbara site at the end of 2020. The completion of the work is planned for December 2021.

SCEE Managing Director Graeme Dunn said: “We are delighted to receive this important award with such a long-standing and valued customer as Rio Tinto, for whom we have carried out many successful projects in the Pilbara. This further strengthens our already strong order backlog and will form a solid basis for construction work in the raw materials sector by the 2022 financial year. ”

Earlier this month, Rio opened Western Australia’s newest airport for $ 2. 6 billion Gudai-Darri phase 1 iron ore project (see photo, photo credit: Rio Tinto). The green field mine development, approximately 35 km northwest of the Yandicoogina mine in the East Pilbara mining region, will initially be developed as a nominal high grade dry processing operation with a capacity of 43 Mt / year. Commissioning is expected in early 2022.

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