At Mardie, Why bring the machines and NewmAn Road Workers up...

At Mardie, Why bring the machines and NewmAn Road Workers up there for just a minor bit of road work Jacko?
And it seems like it’s a worthwhile camp to be in, too, in line with the luxury touches trend these days to cosset and keep one’s remote workers …

(I believe Gina was/is serving Waygu steaks on a regular basis at her camps)​

…When that Mardie camp opened (just a fortnight ago?) it was to this celebratory feast :
[from @Cassandra74 on BCI thread]

And back on - the also rather delicious $62 million Pilganora front, some media attention;
https://im-mining.com/2023/01/26/nrws-primero-to-work-on-pilgangoora-p680-expansion-project/
NRW’s Primero to work on Pilgangoora P680 Expansion Project

Posted by Daniel Gleeson on 26th January 2023


NRW Holdings subsidiary, Primero Group, has been awarded a contract by Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pilbara Minerals Limited, for work at the lithium processing plant that is part of the wider Pilgangoora operation, in Western Australia.

The works to be performed under the contract include upgrading the existing Pilgan lithium processing plant through the construction of a new primary rejection facility and preliminary work in connection with a new crushing and ore sorting facility.

Under the contract, Primero will be responsible for detailed earth and concrete works associated with both the primary rejection and crushing and sorting facilities, together with structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation installation associated with the primary rejection facility.
Primero will also assist with shutdown, brownfield’s integration and commissioning support to tie the facility into the existing Pilgan plant.

The contract is scheduled to run for approximately eight months, commencing in January 2023, and has an approximate value of A$62 million ($44 million).

NRW Managing Director, Jules Pemberton, said: “This contract builds on a long-term association between POPL and Primero that began with Primero’s involvement in the design and construction of the original Pilgan plant. We look forward to the successful completion of these works.”

The construction activities due to take place on the plant are part of the wider P680 Expansion Project Pilbara Minerals is working on.
This could see the company step-up its production run-rate at the operation to a total of circa-680,000 t/y of spodumene concentrate across the combined Pilgangoora operation.

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