The small town of Ravensthorpe in the southwest of Western Australia needed more power. Their existing electricity supply was inadequate and unreliable, and so Western Power contracted UON to design and build a temporary power station near the town.
Lang Hancock Hope Downs is a $1.3 billion iron ore mine 75 km from Newman in northwest Western Australia. Our job was to supply power to the mines accommodation village which houses 600 workers.
The Woodie Woodie manganese mine, 400km South East of Port Hedland in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The nearest town of any size is Marble Bar, the hottest place in the West. Our job was to design, build & install a 2MW power station including generators, a switchroom & distribution board.
Yandi is a Rio Tinto iron ore mine, 92 km from the town of Newman. Pit progression would eliminate two of the five existing bores affecting dewatering for mining operations plus the supply of potable water and dust suppression water.
Installation of a diesel-powered flushing pump Installation of a diesel-powered flushing pump (MTU 2000 V16 900kW, 8 stage centrifugal pump 120LS at 45bar).
This project consisted of a new satellite communications network to back up existing fibre optic networks across ten inland and coastal Rio Tinto mine sites and ports.
The RGP5 Camps form part of the Rail Duplication Works along the route between Port Hedland and Newman Hub.
There are two Camps:
Redmont (800 persons) - 3MW
Turner River (300 persons) - 2MW
