Sino Iron Project
AG and Ball Mills Lift
Client: MCC Mining Pty Ltd
Completion: In Progress
Location: Cape Preston, WA
CITIC Pacific’s Sino Iron project was a massive undertaking, even by world standards. It included the construction of a 4.5km breakwater, a 1,700 bed accommodation village, a 1,700m2 warehouse and the installation of 12 giant grinding mills. VDM Group was involved in many facets of this project providing innovative alternative solutions that were both cost and time effective.
At the heart of the project are six autogenous grinding mills each weighing 1,300 tonnes (at the time, the largest in the world) and six regrind ball mills each weighing over 800 tonnes.
Bulk Earthworks and Port Breakwater
Client: CITIC Pacific
Contract Value: $128 million
Completion: October 2010
Location: Cape Preston, WA
CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino Iron project is a world-class, large-scale magnetite iron ore project, the first of its kind in Western Australia. It included the construction of a 4.5km long breakwater, a 1,700 bed accommodation village, a 1,700m2 warehouse and the installation of 12 giant grinding mills. VDM Group was involved in virtually every facet of this project providing innovative alternative solutions that were both cost and time effective.
Eramurra (Red River) Village
Client: MCC Mining Pty Ltd
Contract Value: $100 million
Completion: June 2010
Location: Cape Preston, WA
VDM Engineering and VDM Construction worked together to design and construct a 1,714 bed camp - 1108 temporary and 606 permanent accommodation rooms.
1550 Man Camp Village Stage 1, 2 & 3
Client: MCC Mining Pty Ltd
Contract Value: $73.8 million
Completion: December 2009
Location: Cape Preston, WA
Installation of 1,550 beds for construction accommodation and all central facilities including kitchen, dry and wet mess, gymnasium, recreation room, swimming pool, laundries, etc. for the Sino Iron site.
Fortescue River Roadhouse Village Expansion
Client: CITIC Pacific
Contract Value: $4.5 million
Completion: December 2009
Location: Cape Preston, WA
Expansion works comprising the supply and installation of transportable buildings to expand the existing camp from 299 to 503 person capacity.
Storage Warehouse
Client: MCC Mining Pty Ltd
Contract Value: $1.9 million
Completion: November 2009
Location: Cape Preston, WA
Design, supply and construct of a 1,700m2 warehouse at the Sino Iron Project on an EPC turnkey basis.
