Leading Australian hard-rock underground mining contractor Barminco has been awarded an 18-month initial extension of its development and production contract at MMG’s Dugald River zinc mine in Cloncurry, Qld. The extension will be work about $A140M, with a further two one-year extensions.
Barminco has been operating at Dugald River since its commencement in 2012, and its relationship with the international base metals miner goes back to 2001 at the Rosebery mine in Tasmania.
Its parent company, Perenti, says its underground industry sector group has secured more than $540M in contract extensions in the current financial year, with a robust tender pipeline of $8.8B.