Thiess has won a $166 million contract to provide bulk earth works and selected infrastructure for BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s Jimblebar mine near Newman in Western Australia.
QR National has approved a $185 million expansion of the Goonyella coal rail network to support a major expansion of the Hay Point Coal Terminal, near Mackay.
BHP Billiton has approved three coal projects located in the Bowen Basin including the Daunia operation, the Broadmeadow mine and expansion of Hay Point Coal Terminal.