Monadelphous Group, an Australian engineering company, has secured new construction and maintenance contracts with UK-based mining company Rio Tinto, valued at approximately A$150m ($94m).
The company has been awarded a multidisciplinary construction contract for a replacement ammonium nitrate storage facility at Rio Tinto’s Brockman 4 mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
This project is part of the sustaining capital projects panel agreement and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026 (H1 2026).
In addition to the construction contract, Monadelphous has also secured a three-year panel contract to provide water management works across Rio Tinto’s mining operations in the Pilbara region.
Rio Tinto’s integrated network in Pilbara includes 17 iron ore mines. These assets include the Brockman 2 and 4, Channar, Eastern Range, Gudai-Darri, Hope Downs 1 and 4, Marandoo, Mesa A, Mesa J, Nammuldi, Paraburdoo, Silvergrass, Tom Price, West Angelas, Western Turner Syncline and Yandicoogina mines.
Source: Mining Technology