Australia-listed SRG Global has has been awarded a circa-A$20 million ($14.3 million) contract for drilling works with services company Downer at the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance-owned Blackwater coal mine in central Queensland.

This award further reinforces SRG Global’s mining business as a leading provider of drilling services, according to the company. Works under the contract are expected to use an existing drilling fleet, with the work starting shortly.

Back in February, Downer announced it had been awarded a three-year contract, valued at approximately A$600 million, to provide mining and related services at Blackwater.

Meanwhile, SRG and Global Construction Services recently merged in an effort to become a global specialist engineering, construction and maintenance group.