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| Leighton awarded two new mining contracts in Indonesia Leighton Asia (Southern) has been awarded two new mining projects in Indonesia worth a total of almost US$700 million. The largest of these is a six-year, US$610 million contract for the provision of mining services at the Wahana coal mine in South Kalimantan for PT Wahana Baratama Mining. The project is expected to be completed by late 2012. It is the largest mining project Leighton Asia (Southern) has ever been awarded. A second coal mining project, worth US$70 million, has been secured with PT Multi Harapan Utama (MHU) at its mine near Samarinda in the Tenggarong region of East Kalimantan. The two-year contract involves land clearing, drill and blast, load and haul of overburden, coal mining, and haulage of coal to port. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |