Amec Foster Wheeler secures Western Australia gold project contract

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth AUD298m by Gruyere Management - the agent and manager for the joint venture between Gold Road Resources and Gruyere Mining Company - the Gruyere gold project in Western Australia.

The project, located around 200km east of Laverton, is one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Australia. The mine is expected to be a large-scale open pit operation feeding a processing plant of between 7.5m and 8.8m tonnes per annum.

The contract for GRM will be jointly executed by Amec and Civmec Construction and Engineering as the Amec Foster Wheeler Civmec JV and follows their successful joint delivery of the 'Early Contractor Involvement' phase. The work will include the engineering, procurement and construction of the process plant and associated infrastructure.

Dave Lawson, Amec’s president of mining, said: "Amec Foster Wheeler has worked on some of the largest and most technically complex gold projects in the world. Winning this contract is testament to how we are delivering on our strategy to expand our EPC business, and our ability to work across all phases of a project to deliver solutions for customers. We look forward to drawing on our extensive international gold expertise to deliver a world class facility for Gruyere, one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Australia."

Engineering work has already commenced and onsite work will begin in August.