Talison Lithium has continued the build-up of operations at its Greenbushes mine in Western Australia, issuing a notice of a 7-plus-2 years contract award to Action Drill & Blast. The contract, due to commence in July 2023, is valued at about $A300M over the initial term.
It covers ore, waste, pre-split and RC grade control drilling together with loading, stemming and initiation of bulk explosives. Action will source its plant requirements internally while spending about $30M on new equipment over the contract life.
The subsidiary of NRW Holdings has been conducting drill and blast activities since 2011 at the long-lived mine, about 250km S of Perth.