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GENERAL: DOW: Downer awarded further contracts at Blackwater
Media/ASX and NZX Release
20 August 2015
DOWNER AWARDED FURTHER CONTRACTS AT BLACKWATER MINE
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced it has been awarded two contracts
by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at the Blackwater coal mine in the
Bowen Basin, Central Queensland.
A two-year contract has been awarded for the provision of mining and
maintenance services. It is valued at approximately $150 million with an
additional one-year option. The scope of work includes the load and haul of
pre-strip material using BMA-owned plant and equipment, as well as
maintenance of BMA-owned plant and equipment.
The second contract is for the provision of blasting services. It is valued
at approximately $75 million and has a term of three years. The scope of work
includes the management and provision of drilling and blasting services,
including partial down-the-hole loading services.
Both contracts will commence on a date to be confirmed by BMA.
The works included in these two contracts are additional to those included in
the $100 million mining services contract announced by Downer in June 2015.
For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61
439 470 145
Luke Thrum, Manager Investor Relations +61 459 828 720
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) is a leading provider of services to customers in
markets including: Transport Services; Technology and Communications
Services; Utilities Services; Engineering, Construction and Maintenance
(EC&M); Mining; and Rail. Downer employs about 19,000 people, mostly in
Australia and New Zealand but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America
and Southern Africa.
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