SOUTH FLANK BULK EARTHWORKS & CONCRETE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The South Flank project has been developed as part of BHP Iron Ore’s wider project to increase mining, processing and out-loading capacity of the existing Mining Area C (MAC) mining hub.

The site is located 120 kilometres by road north west of the town of Newman, and approximately eight kilometres south of BHP’s existing Mining Area C operation.

CONTRACT SUMMARY

The contract included the provision of bulk earthworks, drainage, concrete structures, roadworks, laydowns, and buried services.

The scope of works included:

• Earthworks (1,900,000 cubic metres)
• 3 Conveyor formation (circa 20 kilometres)
  – Access roads
  – Laydowns
  – Drill & blast – 630,000 cubic metres
• Culvert installation
• Electrical and water reticulation
• Concrete works (14,000 cubic metres)
  – 2 primary crushers
  – Transfer station foundations
• 2 MSE Walls