Contracts

Two Western Australian technology companies have announced agreements with major resources sector players Monadelphous Group and Rio Tinto.

Construction companies EMCO Building, Georgiou Group and Universal Constructions are among five businesses to have been awarded significant contracts from the state government over the past month.

NRW Holdings has been awarded works at Fortescue Metals Group’s Eliwana iron ore mine and rail project in the Pilbara under an infrastructure contract valued around $138 million, announced last month.

Sydney-based contractor Interflow has secured a $6 million contract from Water Corporation to refurbish 14 kilometres of wastewater pipes in Western Australia.

Shares in Decmil closed down 9 per cent today after the Perth-based contractor said it was facing a delay in payment of about $14 million owing from its work on the Sunraysia solar project in New South Wales.

Engineering and construction company SRG Global has secured a five-year, $90 million asset services contract with Alcoa of Australia for work at its alumina refinery in Kwinana.

Global manufacturer Alstom has signed a 10-year contract to assemble new railcars at Midland as part of the Metronet project, with the government saying the railcars will be delivered 22 per cent below its budget at $1.25 billion.

Rare earth producer Lynas Corporation intends to sublease an industrial zoned property from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, three months after signing an agreement with the mining town to review potential sites for its cracking and leaching plant.

Primero Group has secured three new construction contracts, including a $115 million arrangement with Rio Tinto, while also announcing a capital raising of $7.6 million.

Malaga-based Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment has been awarded two contracts, valued at $75 million and $50 million, from the state government to manufacture modern firefighting vehicles.

Crothers Construction and Badge Constructions have begun work on two separate school upgrades, worth a respective $10 million and $9 million.

Perenti Global will exit from two Burkina Faso operations following an ambush on its employees last month, but will continue operating three other mines in the country. The contractor also announced today several new contracts in Australia and Africa.

West Perth-based Vysarn announced it has entered a two-year drilling and construction agreement with Fortescue Metals Group for works across its mine sites in the Pilbara.

Perth-based Perdaman Industries has entered into an agreement with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation as part of its plans to build Australia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing plant near Karratha.

Gold explorer Catalyst Metals has entered a farm-in and joint venture agreement with major shareholder St Barbara to explore its Drummartin project in Victoria.

A consortium comprising national firms CPB Contractors and Downer has been selected as the preferred contractor for the Yanchep and Thornlie-Cockburn rail projects, with construction expected to commence in May next year, well after the state government's goal of starting this year.

Fleetwood Corporation subsidiary Modular Building Systems and national construction company Hansen Yuncken have been awarded a contract with the New South Wales government.

Engineering company Monadelphous has secured a five-year, $100 million contract for maintenance work across Rio Tinto’s iron ore mines in Western Australia.

Mining contractor MACA has secured open pit mining works for the restart of First Quantum Minerals’ Ravensthorpe nickel mine, which it said would generate $480 million in revenue over an initial five-year term.

Subiaco-based tech company K2fly has signed a five-year contract with Rio Tinto for the provision and implementation of its RCubed resources software across 20 reporting sites.

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by Woodside Petroleum to build a gas pipeline connecting the Pluto LNG plant with the North West Shelf venture's nearby Karratha gas plant.

Perth-based contractor Decmil has won its sixth major contract for the year after securing two packages of works for Adani Mining’s Carmichael coal mine and rail project in Queensland.

NEC Australia has been contracted to deliver ICT services to the WA Police Force and the state's major hospitals, with the two agreements collectively worth up to $97 million over seven years.

Engineering group Clough's joint venture with Madrid-based ACCIONA has secured works for the construction of a bridge over the new Koodaideri railway.

GR Engineering Services has signed a $24.5 million contract with Saracen Mineral Holdings to upgrade the processing plant at the Carosue Dam gold mine in Western Australia.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded a $24 million contract to Australian Ceramics Engineering, primarily to provide offsite refurbishment for its operational sites in the Pilbara.

Welshpool-based company Westforce Construction has been chosen to design and build two new car parks at Meltham and Ashfield train stations.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal will construct its largest ferry to date after finalising a $136 million follow-up order with Danish ferry operator Molslinjen.

Pre-construction works for stage one of the Bussell Highway dual carriageway project have begun, with the $4.5 million tender awarded to a joint venture between indigenous-owned and operated DK Kaartdijin and civil contractor BCP Group.

NRW Holdings subsidiary, RCR Mining Technologies, has secured a contract to design and construct a fifth relocatable crushing plant for Fortescue Metals Group's Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Perth Basin oil producer Triangle Energy has awarded contracts to local businesses for helicopter and vessel services.

Thomas Building has secured works at the $17 million Tambrey Shopping Centre - the first major retail development in Karratha in two decades - and been contracted to build the $6 million Kalgoorlie Renal Hostel.