# Fortescue Metals awards $35M maintenance contract to three Pilbara businesses

Fortescue Metals Group awarded a $35 million joint contract for component overhaul and replacement services to Force Equipment, WesTrac and Komatsu in Port Hedland, Western Australia. The contract will create 17 full-time local jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-04-03
- Where: Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $35.0M
- Jobs: 17
- Status: announced
- Products: heavy mobile equipment maintenance services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Fortescue Metals Group](https://endata.com/companies/5503.md) (customer)
- [Komatsu](https://endata.com/companies/15845.md) (supplier)
- [WesTrac](https://endata.com/companies/21577.md) (supplier)
- [Force Equipment](https://endata.com/companies/27689.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [australianmining.com.au](https://www.australianmining.com.au/fortescue-awards-35m-contract-to-pilbara-businesses/), 2019-04-03: "Thriving businesses are fundamental to the economic prosperity of our communities and basing the maintenance of our heavy mobile equipment in Port Hedland is a very practical, common sense approach that has significant benefits for our community."

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