Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture team
was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for
BHP’s Spence Growth Option project at the Spence open-cut copper mine in
northern Chile. The 50/50 joint venture with SalfaCorp is responsible
for the delivery of the 95,000-ton-per-day copper concentrator and
associated works. Fluor will book its share of the value in the third
quarter of 2017.
“Our team has worked closely with BHP since the project’s initial phases
to align on the project’s goals and structure with an execution approach
that will allow us to safely deliver this important project,” said Tony
Morgan, president of Fluor’s Mining & Metals business. “Fluor’s
resume includes some of the world’s most significant copper projects.
This experience, combined with our integrated solutions approach, brings
cost and execution certainty to the project.”
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement,
fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds
and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six
continents. For more than a century, Fluor has served its clients by
delivering innovative and integrated solutions across the globe. With
headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 149 on the Fortune 500
list with revenue of $19 billion in 2016 and has more than 60,000
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