# MACA awarded $480M mining contract for Ravensthorpe Nickel Project

MACA has secured a five-year, $480 million open pit mining contract for First Quantum Minerals' Ravensthorpe Nickel Project in Western Australia. Work is expected to start in December 2019, with operations beginning in January 2020, creating about 230 jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-11-25
- Where: Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $480.0M
- Jobs: 230
- Status: announced
- Products: open pit mining services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [MACA](https://endata.com/companies/15207.md) (supplier)
- [First Quantum Minerals](https://endata.com/companies/28234.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [qmeb.com.au](https://www.qmeb.com.au/480m-contract-awarded-for-metal-project/), 2019-11-25: "First Quantum have focussed on local and Aboriginal opportunities in the regions of Albany, Ravensthorpe and Esperance in order to resource the Ravensthorpe project, which MACA intend to leverage from."

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