
upgrade included within Newcrest’s recently announced $1.9 billion Cadia East Project at Cadia Valley near Orange, NSW.
“The signing of this contract for the Cadia East Project has built on Ausenco’s long association with Newcrest, and work carried out for Newcrest during the study and preapproval phases of the Cadia East project,” Ausenco CEO Zimi Meka said.
The Cadia East project will be Australia’s largest underground mine and is due to be complete by 2013.