Hello Pioupiou. Of the RIO tenders still not closed do you think...

Hello Pioupiou.

Of the RIO tenders still not closed do you think there are any, beyond possibly the airport, NRW might have tendered for.?

Timing-wise :
BHP confirmed it had approved South Flank on June 14 https://www.bhp.com/media-and-insights/news-releases/2018/06/bhp-approves-south-flank-project.
BHP’s $176 million earthworks contract with NRW was announced about five weeks later on July 18 https://thewest.com.au/business/min...tract-for-bhp-creating-350-jobs-ng-b88900322z.

Possibly RIO might follow suit? ( Funding announced November 29, 2018 ...with a break for Christmas New Year we might expect announcements in the second week of January ......except that is the week the last of the tenders close.)
Maybe there will be news of awarded contracts the week after ?
That is the week starting Monday January 12.



Meanwhile FMG has not followed the five week model.
It announced funding for Eliwana back on May 27, 2018 https://thewest.com.au/business/min...b-eliwana-with-500-jobs-to-come-ng-b88848638z
And has taken a bit longer than five weeks to announce contracts ....in fact it’s still going with the tenders .
But most are closed now, with earthworks scheduled to start in February 2019 . ( Rail earthworks tender closed last October but the tender for bulk earthworks for Processing Plant and Non Process Infrastructure does not close till February 1.)

It says on the Gateway Page FMG may decide to add an airport too .*


https://gateway.icn.org.au/project/4182/eliwana-project




(*we are good at airports : NRW most recent aerodrome work was for Oz Minerals at Carrapateena. Here it is (from August Diggers and Dealers Presentation) :
https://nrw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Diggers-Dealers-Presentation-2018.pdf
)