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\"Christmas-Creek-Ore-Processing-Facility88\"Downer\u2019s contract at Fortescue Metals\u2018 Christmas Creek mine will not be renewed as the miner moves to a an owner-operator model.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The contractor made the announcement yesterday, stating it has been in discussions with FMG about the transition of the mine to Fortescue following the expiry of the current mining contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the course of the next six months it is Downer\u2019s intention to provide a safe and orderly handover of the Christmas Creek mine to Fortescue,\u201d Downer said in a company statement.<\/p>\n

Fortescue Metals added: \u201cA comprehensive change management plan has been developed. Production from Christmas Creek is not expected to be impacted during the transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

FMG CEO Nev Power thanked Downer for its work at the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Downer team have been involved with mining at Christmas Creek since the outset and have played an important role in Fortescue\u2019s development of our facilities in the Chichester Hub.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdoption of an owner operator model will further reduce Fortescue\u2019s costs through ongoing improvement of the efficiency and productivity of our Christmas Creek mining operations<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is unknown how the move will affect the approximately 900 workers at the site.<\/p>\n

Downer has been working at the mine since 2010, and was handed Macmahon\u2019s former contract last year after FMG merged two service contracts into one, creating a contract worth $500 million for Downer.<\/p>\n

Despite the move off Christmas Creek, Downer does not expect the transition to have an effect on its 2016 financial results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downer\u2019s contract at Fortescue Metals\u2018 Christmas Creek mine will not be renewed as the miner moves to a an owner-operator model. The contractor made the announcement yesterday, stating it has been in discussions with FMG about the transition of the mine to Fortescue following the expiry of the current mining contract. \u201cOver the course of … Continue reading “Downer and FMG end Christmas Creek contract”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mines-and-quarry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-lt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":713,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/18\/downers-mining-division\/","url_meta":{"origin":1331,"position":0},"title":"Downer\u2019s Mining division","author":"yinghui","date":"December 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Downer\u2019s Mining division has been successfully delivering contract mining and civil earthmoving services to an impressive list of global clients for over 90 years. 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