Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a
contract by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold to provide construction
management (CM) services for the expansion of the Cerro Verde mine in
Peru. Fluor previously provided engineering and procurement services on
the project beginning in early 2012. For the new contract, Fluor booked
approximately $2.9 billion into backlog during the second quarter of
2013.
Cerro Verde is an open-pit copper and molybdenum mining complex located
near the city of Arequipa in southern Peru. The large-scale expansion,
announced in 2012, will triple existing throughput of the concentrator
facilities to approximately 360,000 metric tons per day.
“Fluor is pleased that Freeport-McMoRan has awarded the construction
management services to Fluor on this important project,” said Rick
Koumouris, Fluor’s business line lead for Mining & Metals. “We look
forward to enhancing our excellent relationships with Freeport-McMoRan
by successfully building the design developed by our Vancouver office.”
Under the contract, Fluor will provide CM services for the new 240,000
metric tons per day concentrator, associated infrastructure including a
new 220 kilovolt transmission line, a new waste water treatment plant
for the city of Arequipa, upgraded fresh water pumping system, new
tailing storage facility and ancillary buildings and facilities.
Engineering and procurement services for the project have been provided
from Fluor’s Vancouver, Canada, office and the company’s offices in
Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile, will lead the construction management
operations for the project.
About Fluor Corporation
For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered
with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most
challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of
offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide
comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication,
operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company
serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government,
industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing &
life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered
in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had
revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.fluor.com
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