Tender awarded for part of US$4.6b iron ore project in the Pilbara

Part of a US$4.6 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara has been won by a multi-disciplinary engineering group.

Primero Group has won the balance machines pre-assembly tender for BHP’s South Flank Iron Ore Project, 130 km northwest of Newman.

With a loading capacity of 20,000 tonnes an hour these machines are promised to be the worlds longest rail moutned stacker/reclaim machines.

Awarded on behalf of BHP, thyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has tasked Primero with pre-assembling two stackers and one off-reclaim machine at the Australian Marine Complex, located just southwest of Perth CBD.

With work expected to start shortly, up to 60 local employee’s will be directly employed.

Requirement for the broader project includes the following:

• De-watering the mine
• Installing power lines, access roads and other non-processing infrastructure and industrial facilities.
• Expanding the existingmulla mulla accommodation village
• Primary crushing facilities capable of processing up to 80 million tonnes a year
• Run of mine pads
• Duplicating the existingrail loop and adding a second train loadout
• Overland conveyors to the existing mining area c
• Coarse ore stockpile andore handling plant
• Upgrading the existing stockyards and outflow facilities

Receiving approval back in June 2018 the project started construction with an expected completion date to be mid 2021.