Decmil Group has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Decmil Australia, has been awarded a A$30 million mine services infrastructure contract for Rio Tinto’s Marandoo Mine Phase 2 Project. The contract involves the construction of heavy mobile equipment infrastructure and associated facilities for the project, which is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

This will include the construction of a workshop, offices, refuelling, wash down and storage facilities, as well as associated staff amenities. Decmil’s Managing Director Scott Criddle said: “Decmil has built a very strong relationship with Rio Tinto through our work on a number of significant projects and we are very pleased to secure this latest contract. In February 2012 we announced a milestone five-year framework agreement with Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore business which positioned Decmil Australia in an early contractor involvement role as Rio Tinto invests to expand its iron ore interests in the Pilbara.” On-site work on the Marandoo Mine is anticipated to commence September 2012, and will take approximately 6 months to complete.