Contractor MACA will provide mining, drill and blast services at Atlas Iron's Miralga Creek project in the Pilbara, after winning a contract with the iron ore miner.
Mining contractor Thiess has secured a $345 million contract extension with Bayan Resources to continue its operations at the Melak Coal Mine in Indonesia.
Queensland-based Thiess has won a $700 million contract to provide mining and maintenance services on Fortescue's new Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara.
Thiess has tacked an extra $17.4 million on to its current offer to acquire all shares in MACA, with the target's founding directors now backing an improved proposal of $1.075 per share.
Shares in CIMIC Group are up 8 per cent, a day after the international contractor named a new chief executive and announced a $1 billion full-year loss related to its decision to exit the Middle East.
CPB Contractors has been selected to deliver key works at Rio Tinto's Robe Valley projects, including various earthworks, civil works, bridges, pits and water supply infrastructure.
CIMIC Group subsidiary Thiess has won a $190 million contract extension for mining services at BHP Billiton Nickel West's Leinster underground mine, where it has operated since 2016.
CIMIC Group has secured a $225 million mining services contract at BHP Billiton's Rocky's Reward nickel project, located 400 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie.
BHP Billiton has reopened its Rocky's Reward nickel mine as a contract mining operation, despite several other nickel miners scaling back their projects in response to the sharp slump in the commodity's price.
The mining arm of Cimic Group has won a $137 million operations contract at the Encuentro Oxides open pit copper mine in Chile, in partnership with local mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings.
