Aggreko snares $100m Amrun contract
Rio Tinto’s Amrun project. BY CAMERON DRUMMOND RIO TINTO has awarded a $100 million contract to power provider Aggreko Australia Pacific to build and operate a 20MW power station at its $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project near Weipa in North QLD. The station is to be a high efficiency modular diesel power system that includes engine efficiency upgrades and a heat-recovery system, to be deployed over the 15 year term of the contract which comes with a five year extension option. Rio Tinto Amrun general manager Marcia Hanrahan said the contract to build the power station signified another important milestone for delivery of the Amrun project. “The power delivery expertise and operational capabilities that the Aggreko team will bring will...