Downer wins $71m electrical and instrumentation contract
BHP Billiton Iron Ore has awarded Downer EDI an electrical and instrumentation contract worth $71.7 million.
Part of the Jimblebar Project, the Newman HV Power System Augmentation Project will help increase the ore production capacities of BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s West Australian assets.
Downer will be responsible for both greenfields and brownfields transmission line and substation works to provide power to a new mine at the Jimblebar operations.
The work will include: supply and installation of electrical power and control components for two new substations; modifications on existing substations and transmission lines and the upgrade of the network control system; and installation of a new 132 KV transmission line between Newman and Jimblebar mine.
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