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EPCM contractor selected for $5.3bn Oyu Tolgoi underground mine

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Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online
 
COPPER/GOLD
Global engineering group Jacobs Engineering has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the $5.3-billion Oyu Tolgoi underground mine development, in Mongolia, paving the way for construction to get under way. Copper and gold mining company Oyu Tolgoi – a partnership between the government of Mongolia, Turquoise Hill and Rio Tinto – reported on Wednesday that Jacobs would be responsible for the materials handling systems of the underground mine, as well as associated surface and underground infrastructure.
 
 
 
 
 

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