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GENERAL: DOW: Downer awarded $100 million mining contract
Media/ ASX and NZX Release
5 June 2015
DOWNER AWARDED $100 MILLION MINING CONTRACT
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced it has been awarded a contract
with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for the provision of mining
services at the Blackwater coal mine in the Bowen Basin, Central Queensland.
The two year contract is valued at approximately $100 million and has an
additional one year option. It is scheduled to commence in July 2015, with
the scope of works including the load and haul of pre-strip material.
Downer is the incumbent pre-strip contractor at Blackwater with the existing
term due to expire on 30 June 2015.
The Chief Executive Officer of Downer, Grant Fenn, said he was pleased to
renew the contract for a further two years and continue working with BMA at
the Blackwater coal mine.
"Downer has a strong track record of providing mining services to BMA and
helping it to drive efficiencies across its operations," Mr Fenn said.
"We look forward to extending our working relationship and continuing to
deliver efficient solutions for the Blackwater coal mine."
"For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61
439 470145
Luke Thrum, Manager Investor Relations +61 459 828 720
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) is a leading provider of services to customers in
markets including Transportation, Mining, Energy and Industrial Engineering,
Utilities, Communications and Facilities. Downer employs about 20,000 people,
mostly in Australia and New Zealand but also in the Asia-Pacific region,
South America and Southern Africa.
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