# AUMS-led JV wins $530M mining contract at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi

African Underground Mining Services (AUMS), a joint venture of Ausdrill and Barminco, together with Rocksure International, won a $375 million (US$530 million) five-year underground mining services contract at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi project in Ghana. The contract is expected to start in early 2019 and employ about 550 workers.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-10-29
- Where: Obuasi, Ghana, Ghana
- Value: $375.0M
- Jobs: 550
- Status: announced
- Products: underground mining services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [African Underground Mining Services](https://endata.com/companies/23817.md)
- [Ausdrill](https://endata.com/companies/23818.md)
- [Barminco](https://endata.com/companies/23819.md)
- [AngloGold Ashanti](https://endata.com/companies/24899.md) (customer)
- [Rocksure International](https://endata.com/companies/35173.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [thewest.com.au](https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/ausdrill-barminco-jv-african-underground-mining-services-wins-530m-ghana-contract-with-anglogold-ashanti-ng-b881004776z), 2018-10-29: "The five-year contract was awarded to Underground Mining Alliance Limited, a 70:30 joint venture between AUMS and Ghanaian mining contractor Rocksure International, with major capital equipment supplied by AngloGold Ashanti."
- [miningnews.net](https://www.miningnews.net/mets/news/1349878/ausdrill-wins-anglogold-contract), 2018-10-29: "Works are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019 and employ around 550 people over the five-year term."

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