Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed miner Gindalbie Metals Limited has announced that Karara Mining Limited, a joint venture company of Gindalbie and Chinese steelmaker Ansteel implementing the Karara iron ore project in Western Australia, has awarded a contract for rail earthworks and track laying to Macmahon, a Perth-based, ASX-listed contracting group.
According to a Gindalbie Metals statement, the contract, with an approximate value of $86 million, is for construction of the spur line connecting Karara to Tilley Siding, near Morawa, where it connects with the existing railway line running from Morawa to Geraldton. The track itself will be produced and supplied by Ansteel.
Macmahon, which will implement the project through its subsidiary MVM Rail, has extensive experience in surface and underground mining operations and civil infrastructure construction as well as working experience with mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, the Gindalbie Metals statement said.