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Decmil wins contract at Iron Bridge

Contractor Decmil will soon go to work at Fortescue’s Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia after winning a A$41 million (US$30 million) deal for non-mining process infrastructure works.

 Iron Bridge is in Western Australia's Pilbara region

Iron Bridge is in Western Australia's Pilbara region

Decmil's scope of work under the deal includes the design and construction of a bulk fuel storage and transfer facility as well as a mobile maintenance complex, site service faciliries, warehouses and associated satellite offices.

The bulk fuel storage and transfer facility will serve as a refuelling facility for heavy vehicles. The mobile maintenance complex features a heavy vehicle workshop along with locker storage, tool storage and an administration area.

Work is scheduled to commence this month and be completed by May 2021.

Iron Bridge, a joint venture between the miner's FMC Iron Bridge subsidiary and Formosa Steel, has a total price tag of US$2.6 billion. The company has targeted the first half of 2022 for first concentrate production.

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