Contracts

The federal government has allocated $25 million towards a battery industry research initiative to be headquartered at Curtin University, while the Bentley-based university today announced it had awarded the main construction contract for a $110 million development.

Valmec's infrastructure and service divisions have won three new contracts with long-term repeat clients.

SRG Global has secured an $18 million contract with Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, less than a week after it announced it won up to $115 million worth of drill-and-blast services contract extensions with Evolution Mining.

The state government has attracted just two bidders, both headed by Spanish-owned companies, for its signature Metronet rail projects, despite altering its contracting strategy to boost market interest.

Swick Mining Services has announced $210 million of new work, but failed to extend three contracts at Australian gold mines.

A joint venture between Perth-based Clough and Italy's Salini Impregilo has been awarded a $5.1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for the federal government's Snowy 2.0 project.

Woodside Petroleum has signed a heads of agreement to supply liquefied natural gas to China's ENN Ecological Holdings for 10 years from 2025.

Subiaco-based SRG Global has won a drill-and-blast services contract extension with Evolution Mining at several of its gold mines in Australia.

NRW Holdings has been awarded about $72 million in contracts through its subsidiaries Golding Contractors and RCR Mining Technologies.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded a major component overhaul and replacement services (MCORS) contract to three contractors with Port Hedland workshops, with Fortescue saying the contract would result in 17 full-time, local jobs.

Sime Building and Construction has won an $8.36 million contract to construct an indoor sports and recreation centre.

Monadelphous has won a second contract for BHP Group's South Flank iron ore project, just over a month after it secured an $108 million contract at the site.

Tropicana gold project joint venture partners AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group have approved the development of a new underground mine at a cost of $105 million.

Mondium, a joint venture between local contractors Monadelphous and Lycopodium, has secured an early start engineering contract at Mineral Commodities' (MRC) Munglinup graphite project.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has secured a $369 million contract to supply two Expeditionary Fast Transport ships (EPF) to the US Navy.

DTI Group has won a contract to supply and install its CCTV recording system in Volgren's 900 new buses in Western Australia.

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) has awarded Delron Cleaning and Westland Works contracts valued at about $12.44 million and $4.4 million, respectively.

RCR Tomlinson's secured creditors may only receive around $70.6 million of the $230 million they are owed, and its unsecured trade creditors are likely to receive none of the $170.6 million they are owed, as administrators McGrathNicol recommended the failed engineering firm be liquidated.

BCI Minerals has appointed GR Engineering as lead engineer on the Mardie salt and potash project's definitive feasibility study (DFS).

CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL and joint venture partner Cape plc have secured works at Woodside Petroleum's Karratha gas plant.

Perth-based Bhagwan Marine has diversified its business beyond its traditional focus on northern Australia by winning a marine maintenance contract at Port of Melbourne.

Decmil has been awarded a $46 million contract from Main Roads Western Australia to design and construct a dual carriageway and overpass in Perth.

Construction has commenced on Australia's first thermal waste-to-energy facility, located in Kwinana, which is expected to lead to 860 jobs.

Wormall Civil has been awarded two contracts totaling $7.3 million for works at Peel Business Park.

Decmil Group has secured a $72 million contract for balance-of-plant works at the 180-megawatt Warradarge wind farm.

BGC Contracting has been awarded a $30 million contract to develop the Ramone Gold Project for Northern Star Resources, a week after BGC confirmed it would still seek to sell the contracting business.

The Perth-based Australian subsidiary of Phoenix International has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy.

Decmil and joint venture partner McConnell Dowell have been announced as the preferred tenderer for the Mordialloc Freeway project in Victoria.

Civmec has secured a fabrication and assembly contract at BHP's South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, taking its total at the project to $48 million.

Tempo has secured a contract with Woolworths estimated to be worth between $20 million and $25 million over a three-year term, with a scope for more works over the contract term worth about $5 million.

Ausdrill has secured a two-year contract extension for works at the Nsuta manganese mine in Ghana, West Africa.

SRG Global has reported solid half-year results but its shares fell sharply after it lowered its full-year guidance on the back of project delays.