That $8Bn Tender Pipeline!, page-6

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For the colour as well as the thoughts


Beyond this, also relative to the $8B tender book, here’s a potential contract source, starting in the first quarter of next year.

https://thewest.com.au/business/agr...r-45b-pilbara-fertiliser-plant-ng-b881148443z

“Major boost for $4.5b Pilbara fertiliser plant
The West Australian
Wednesday, 27 March 2019 6:50AM


Perdaman chairman and managing director Vikas Rambal.Picture: Danella Bevis
A $4.5 billion fertiliser plant in the Pilbara that could create more than 2000 construction jobs has been granted major project status by the Federal Government.

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers said yesterday its Karratha urea project had been assessed by the Fed-eral Department of Industry, Science and Technology.

Perdaman, a private Perth-based multinational with interests in energy, commercial property, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, has spent $280 million on the project.

For it to go ahead, Perdaman must finalise agreements with customers for two million tonnes of urea to be produced a year.

It must also bring partners into the project, finish financing arrangements and gain government approvals. The plant would be the first to export the fertiliser from Australia.

Perdaman chairman Vikas Rambal said yesterday the department’s decision was another positive step.

Receiving major project status would assist Perdaman with obtaining expedited Federal Government assistance and approvals.

Construction would take three years. A permanent staff of 200 would be required to operate the plant on a non-FIFO basis in Karratha, Perdaman said in a statement.

The company announced last year that it had signed up for 20 years of gas from Woodside.

Mr Rambal has said that, subject to approvals, construction could start in the first quarter of next year.”