NRW wins further work with FMG

NRW Holdings subsidiary, RCR Mining Technologies, has secured a contract to design and construct a fifth relocatable crushing plant for Fortescue Metals Group's Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

The new plant is designed for 3,500 tonnes of iron ore per hour of primary sizing and will be fed by Fortescue’s autonomous truck fleet.

It is an addition to four relocatable crushing plants already developed by RCR, which are operating at 2,500t/hour.

RCR Mining Technologies said its contracts with Fortescue – including the supply of apron and belt feeders for the Eliwana mine and rail project in the Pilbara – had an accumulated value of $40 million.

Executive general manager Ian Gibbs said the company's equipment was designed and manufactured in its Welshpool and South West operations, in Bunbury.

“We have also partnered for specialist services with leading Western Australian sub-contractors to deliver this project,” he said.

“Our design and manufacturing teams are very proud to be part of these projects and our ongoing relationship with Fortescue.”

NRW Holdings purchased RCR Mining and RCR Heat Treatment for a combined $10 million in January, after engineering group RCR Tomlinson went into administration in November last year.

RCR Tomlinson’s other mining segments were also sold off.

Mr Gibbs said RCR Mining Technologies had been able to secure orders in major WA projects since the sale to NRW.

NRW Holdings chief executive Jules Pemberton said he was excited by the part RCR would play in the future of the company as it continues to grow and evolve its business model.

Shares in NRW Holdings were up 1.06 per cent to trade at $2.38 per share, as at 1:20 AEDT.