# Rio Tinto awards COVEC $244M earthworks contract for Simandou mine

Rio Tinto awarded a $244 million earthworks contract to COVEC's West African subsidiary to prepare sites for infrastructure construction at the Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea, including industrial areas, an airstrip, and railway camps.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-08-17
- Where: Simandou, Guinea, Guinea
- Value: $244.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: earthworks services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Rio Tinto](https://endata.com/companies/4215.md) (customer)
- [COVEC](https://endata.com/companies/72110.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [guineematin.com](https://guineematin.com/2023/08/17/rio-tinto-confie-a-covec-un-contrat-de-terrassement-en-vrac-a-simandou/), 2023-08-17: "Rio Tinto a choisi la filiale d’Afrique de l’Ouest de Chinese Overseas Engineering Co, Ltd (COVEC) pour exécuter un contrat de terrassement, d’une valeur de 244 millions de dollars."

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