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NRW SECURES CONTRACT AT YANDICOOGINA MINE FOR RIO TINTO

16/10/2012

The scope of the Yandi Sustaining Project (YSP) is to expand the mine production capacity. The works will include:

• Over 1 million cubic metres of excavation for diversion drains (including 640,000 cubic metres of rock excavation)

• Over 500,000 cubic metres of embankment construction

• Over 200,000 cubic metres of levee construction

• Over 4,400 lineal metres of culverts

• Construction of a 48 metre long wide bridge over an operating railway

• Construction of 2 floodways

The Bulk Earthworks Contract is expected to run for 40 weeks commencing in late November 2012. At its peak, there will be over 300 workers required for this project.