|
contents | business | |||||||||
| Fluor to conduct study for Jack Hills iron ore mine in Western Australia  Engineering and construction giant Fluor Corp was awarded a contract by Australian mining company Crosslands Resources to complete a feasibility survey for the Jack Hills Expansion Project in Western Australia. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract in the first quarter of 2013.As part of the contract, Fluor is responsible for validating, refining and finalizing a study conducted by Crosslands Resources' Strategic Asset Review regarding a major expansion of the Jack Hills Iron Ore mine. The process plant facilities will handle 61 million tonnes per annum of feed ore to produce a magnetite iron ore concentrate. The Jack Hills mine is operated by Crosslands Resources Ltd., which is owned by the Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation. In the past five years, the mine produced about 1.8 million tonnes per annum of direct shipping iron ore. Photo: Business Wire write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |