Ausenco awarded Pooncarie Project.

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17 February, 2005


BeMaX Resources NL (BeMaX) has awarded Ausenco the lump sum turnkey contract for the design, engineering, project management, procurement, construction management and pre-commissioning of the Pooncarie Mineral Sands Project MSP and HMC Treatment Facility. Design and project management of the associated site infrastructure at Broken Hill is also included on an EPCM services basis.

The overall project encompasses:

  • The development of the Ginkgo sand mining lease located at Pooncarie in South Western N.S.W, including sand dredging operations, establishment of a wet concentrator and Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) treatment facility and associated infrastructure.
  • The establishment of a Mineral Separation Plant (MSP) at Broken Hill and associated infrastructure.
  • The establishment of suitable port facilities at the Port of Adelaide.
  • The upgrade of an existing mineral sands processing facility at Bunbury in W.A.

Ausenco was engaged by BeMax in late 2004 and have been working since that time on a program for commissioning the wet concentration plant in December 2005 and the mineral separation plant in January 2006.

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Ausenco Limited, provides multi-disciplined engineering, procurement, project and construction management services to the mining, minerals and metal processing industry. The company participates in all phases of a project’s progression, from project scoping studies, process option/technical review assessments, feasibility studies utilised for project financing, through to project design, construction and commissioning. Ausenco’s group of companies also services companies through their operation and maintenance division, supplying key asset management and operational support. These services are applied to projects in a broad range of processing areas, both nationally and internationally.

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