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13.08.2020 (648 Clicks)

Cimic's UGL secures Maintenance Contracts in the Mining Sector

UGL, a Cimic Group company, has secured several construction and maintenance contracts in the mining sector with a combined value of more than $200 million.

13.08.2020 (674 Clicks)

Martin Place Metro Station in Sydney Update

Major excavation is nearing completion at Martin Place in Sydney to deliver the new underground metro station and the integrated station development above it.

13.08.2020 (690 Clicks)

Resources Sector has Plan to dig Queensland out of Covid-19 Unemployment Hole

A Queensland resources industry plan for the Covid-19 recovery will assist keeping Queenslanders in work and get more back into employment, with confirmation today the State’s jobless rate was now the nation’s highest at 8.8%.

11.08.2020 (682 Clicks)

Fugro’s ROV Survey and Monitoring Services help install World’s longest Subsea Interconnector

Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable through a mountain and along a lakebed in Norway. National Grid NSN Link Ltd and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector between Kvilldal in Norway and Blyth in the UK which, on completion, will be the longest subsea interconnector in the world. Fugro’s innovative survey and monitoring solutions supported the installation of two cables through the mountain between Hylsfjorden and Lake Suldalsvatnet, and along the lakebed at a depth of 210 m.

06.08.2020 (727 Clicks)

Metso Outotec to supply primary Crushing Stations for a Mining Company in Russia

Metso Outotec will deliver two primary crushing stations for a mine located in the Russian Far East. The EUR 23 million order, which has been booked in former Metso Minerals’ Q2 2020 orders received, will be delivered by Metso Outotec Corporation (formed when Metso Corporation and Outotec Oyj completed the combination of Metso’s Minerals business and Outotec on June 30, 2020). The commissioning of the equipment is expected to take place in 2023.

05.08.2020 (719 Clicks)

RWE to strengthen its European Renewables Business with Acquisition of 2.7 GW Project Pipeline

RWE wants to acquire the European onshore wind and solar development platform from Nordex SE with a total pipeline of 2.7 Gigawatt (GW) in France, Spain, Sweden and Poland. The developer has a strong focus in France, with an overall pipeline of 1.9 GW in various project phases. 15% of the whole pipeline is close to final investment decisions (FID) or in advanced development stages; 230 megawatt have secured Contracts for Difference (CfDs) or similar feed-in tariffs. The purchase price will be around €400 million.

• Nordex has selected RWE as exclusive bidder for the acquisition of its European onshore wind and solar development business / Purchase price of about €400 million
• Strategic enhancement adds to RWE’s existing 22 GW development pipeline
• Expansion of position in attractive French onshore wind market

The development platform comes with a team of more than 70 employees with vast experience in the sector. Upon completion of the transaction, the employees will join RWE Renewables, where the mostly France based team will develop further projects. The planned acquisition represents a strategic pipeline enhancement for RWE and adds to its existing 22 GW development pipeline.

Markus Krebber, CFO of RWE AG: ”The planned acquisition of this leading European renewables developer will strengthen our position in France, one of our target markets. It represents a unique growth opportunity for RWE due to its large and attractive existing project pipeline and strong development platform. Thus, we underline our ambition to grow in our role as one of the globally leading companies in the renewables sector.”

Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, CEO of RWE Renewables, underlines: “France is one of the most attractive markets in Europe and characterised by ambitious renewable energy targets. We are looking forward to working together with the experienced team which comes with a strong track record in the development of renewables projects. The transaction leverages our growth ambitions in France in the fields of offshore and onshore wind as well as large solar plants and battery storage.

Before execution of the transaction the usual French employee consultation process will be followed. Furthermore, the transaction is subject to a foreign investment approval in France.

Source: RWE

                     

04.08.2020 (821 Clicks)

Road Construction: Free Software for the Design of Base Course Thicknesses using Geogrids

Geosynthetics manufacturer Naue offers an update of its free software SecuCalc. The programme provides a simple online calculation of base course thicknesses on a PC or mobile devices after one-time registration without additional software installation.

04.08.2020 (727 Clicks)

First piece of Work undertaken on Network Rail Design Services Framework

Mott MacDonald is undertaking its first piece of work for the new Network Rail Design Services Framework. The project is supporting the development of a new system to support degraded mode working on the railway during signalling system failures. The DMWS project is part of Network Rail’s Research & Development Portfolio – it’s £245M investment programme over CP6 to drive improvements to the safety, performance and efficiency of Britain’s railway infrastructure.

04.08.2020 (643 Clicks)

Webuild and Fincantieri deliver the Keys to Genoa’s new Bridge

Fifteen months after construction began on Genoa’s new bridge, Webuild and Fincantieri deliver the keys to the completed structure to Marco Bucci, the city’s mayor and the project’s extraordinary commissioner. Work on the fixtures on the top part of the bridge is complete, the static load test certification has been issued, and the final inspection ahead of the opening of the bridge to traffic has been conducted. With the signing of the final documents to formalise the transfer of the bridge from the commissioner to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and, subsequently, the concession operator that will take charge of the bridge and open it.

04.08.2020 (665 Clicks)

Webuild celebrates TBM Breakthrough on Metro Line L14-GC04 for Grand Paris Express in France

Webuild and its local partner celebrated the breakthrough of their tunnel-boring machine (TBM) near the end of its underground journey of 4.05 km to help extend Line 14 South in southern Paris for Europe’s most ambitious sustainable mobility project: the Grand Paris Express.