# CPB Contractors wins $150M contract for Rio Tinto's Robe Valley iron ore expansion

CPB Contractors, a CIMIC Group subsidiary, secured earthworks, civil works and construction packages for Rio Tinto's Robe Valley Iron Ore Sustaining Project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The contract is worth about $150 million. Construction is expected to end in late 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-12-01
- Where: Pilbara region, Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 800
- Status: announced
- Products: iron ore
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [CPB Contractors](https://endata.com/companies/20197.md)
- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (customer)
- [CIMIC Group](https://endata.com/companies/20208.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [qmeb.com.au](https://www.qmeb.com.au/contracts-awarded-for-967m-metal-mine-expansion/), 2019-12-20: "An Australasian construction company has won multiple tenders to help expand a US$967 million metal operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region."
- [felix.net](https://www.felix.net/project-news/cpb-wins-150m-worth-of-wa-robe-valley-operations-works), 2020-01-06: "We are pleased to be working on one of the largest and most important mining operations in Australia."

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