West Australian based mining and civil contractor NRW is set to secure a contract from Karara Mining for the mining services works at the Karara Iron Ore mine in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Subject to reaching agreement with Karara, the $702 million contract will see NRW perform load & haul, drill & blast and ROM Re-Handling services at the Karara mine, with the drill & blast component to be undertaken by its wholly owned subsidiary, Action Drill & Blast.
According to the company’s statement, the work also includes train loading and rehandling of the product stockpiles together with miscellaneous dayworks at the mine-site, camp and access roads.
NRW’s CEO Jules Pemberton said procurement of key mining equipment will start ‘immediately after execution of an agreement with Karara’, with the works anticipated to commence in March 2022.
“I am delighted that NRW has been selected by Karara as its preferred contractor for mining services, Mr Pemberton said.
“NRW has a long history as a high-quality provider of mining services to our clients in the Iron Ore Industry and I look forward to a long and successful partnership with Karara Mining.”
