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| Thiess awarded three year Melak extension CIMIC Group's global mining contractor, Thiess, has been awarded a three-year contract extension by PT Sinarabadi and PT Firman Ketaun Perkasa (members of the Bayan Group) to continue operations at Melak Coal Mine, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract, with revenue of $A180 million, continues Thiess' mining development and operations at the site through to December 2019. The contract extension follows Thiess' recent 14-month contract award for underground mining at BHP Billiton Nickel West's Leinster 1A orebody. The Leinster 1A underground development and sub-level open stoping contract is focused 900 meters underground and builds on the same innovative contracting model provided for the adjacent Rocky's Reward open-cut mine in Leinster Western Australia. write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Construction News :: home page |