# Northern Star awards GR Engineering $101 million EPC contract for Thunderbox expansion

Northern Star Resources awarded GR Engineering Services a A$101 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Thunderbox gold mine expansion in Western Australia. The project will increase processing capacity from 3 million to 6 million tonnes per year and cost an estimated A$180 million.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-08-02
- Where: Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $74.0M (101.0M AUD)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 6 million tonnes per year
- Products: gold processing equipment, mill, leach tanks, thickener
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [GR Engineering Services](https://endata.com/companies/23290.md) (supplier)
- [Northern Star Resources](https://endata.com/companies/31091.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [miningweekly.com](https://www.miningweekly.com/article/northern-star-starts-thunderbox-expansion-2021-08-02), 2021-08-02: "The expansion project will increase the Thunderbox mine's hard rock processing capacity from the current three-million tonnes a year to six-million tonnes a year."

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