Pilbara Minerals has awarded the contract for the P680 Expansion Project construction works at its Pilgangoora Project in Western Australia.
Primero Group Limited (Primero), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRW Holdings, has been awarded the contract.
The contract, which has an estimated value of approximately $62 million, is for works pertaining to the construction of the Primary Rejection Facility and preliminary works for the new Crushing and Ore Sorting Facility.
Under the contract, Primero will be responsible for detailed earth and concrete works associated with both the Primary Rejection and Crushing and Ore Sorting Facilities, and the structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation installation (SMPE&I) associated with the Primary Rejection Facility.
Primero will also assist with providing commissioning, integration and shutdown support to tie the Primary Rejection Facility into the existing Pilgan Plant.
Construction works in respect of SMPE&I for the Crushing and Ore Sorting Facilities are yet to be awarded and are scheduled for award later in 2023.
Pilbara Minerals’ Managing Director and CEO, Dale Henderson, said, “We are pleased to welcome the Primero team back to Pilgangoora for this important construction package for the P680 Expansion Project.
“Primero is a long-standing partner of Pilbara Minerals from an early stage having undertaken packages of work for Pilbara Minerals from the commencement of the project in 2017, as well playing an integral role in the successful commissioning, ramp-up and optimisation of the Pilgan Plant in 2019.
“The Primero team has an established track record in the safe and successful delivery of projects of this nature and has had exposure across many of the recent projects within the lithium sector.
“We look forward to working closely with Primero for the safe and successful delivery of this package, which will step-up our production run-rate to the next level with a total of ~680ktpa of spodumene concentrate across the combined Pilgangoora operation.
“The successful completion of this project will further cement Pilbara Minerals’ position as an emerging leader in the provision of sustainable battery materials products.”
