The Weir Group won a $125 million order from Fortescue Metals to supply crushing and pump equipment for the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Delivery of first ore is expected in 2022.

Rio Tinto awarded a $64 million contract to NRW Holdings for pre-stripping activities at the Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The work is expected to take approximately 78 weeks starting November 2019.

Rockwell Automation has been awarded a $50 million contract by Codelco to supply control and information systems for the Chuquicamata underground mine in Chile. The project is part of a $4.3 billion transformation of the open-pit mine into an underground operation.

African Underground Mining Services (AUMS), a joint venture between Ausdrill Limited and Barminco Holdings, has been awarded a five-year contract by Newmont Ghana Gold for underground mining services at the Subika mine in Ghana. The contract is valued at $280 million and is expected to begin in Q2 2017.

Sirius Minerals has announced AMC UK (a joint venture between Thyssen Group and Redpath Group) and Hochtief Murphy Joint Venture as preferred contractors for the development of its polyhalite project in the UK. The contract covers mine shaft construction and the mineral transport system tunnel.

Adani Mining awarded Komatsu Ltd an order for 55 units of 960E-2 and 930E-4SE super-large dump trucks for the Carmichael coal project in Queensland, Australia, with delivery in the second half of 2016.

Whitehaven Coal ordered a second Cat EL3000 Longwall Shearer and a second Cat BSLPF6 Stage Loader for its Narrabri North mine in New South Wales, Australia, for delivery in August 2015.

Emerson has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by BASF to modernize automation at its Lampertheim, Germany facility, including installation of DeltaV PK Controller for 20 reactors.

Balfour Beatty won a £90mn contract from National Grid and Energinet to deliver onshore civils works for the Viking Link Interconnector Project in Lincolnshire, UK. The four-year contract involves installing 68 km of high voltage cabling, with works commencing in January 2020.

Skanska won a €60mn contract from the Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant to perform tunneling and excavation for an underground wastewater treatment plant in Tampere, Finland. The project starts in December 2019 and will be completed by summer 2022.

Gammon Construction, a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Jardine Matheson, was awarded a HK$4.75bn ($490mn) contract by the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation to deliver an Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) in Hong Kong. Early works commenced in summer 2019, with completion expected in 2021.

Siemens and Orascom Construction signed an agreement with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity to rebuild the Baiji 1 and Baiji 2 power plants in northern Iraq, with a combined capacity of 1.6 GW. Work begins after contract approval and financial closing.

PLW Waterworks, owned by Ferrovial subsidiaries Webber and Cadagua, was awarded contracts worth $312 million for two water treatment plants in Texas. The projects include expanding Houston's Northeast Water Purification Plant and building a plant in Pearland.

A consortium of Dongfang Electric Corp. and Shanghai Electric Group signed a $4.4 billion EPC contract with Egypt's Ministry of Electricity to build the 6.6 GW Hamrawein coal-fired power plant. Construction will take six years.

Permasteelisa secured a £62.3 million contract for the design, supply and installation of facade work on Phase 3A of Battersea Power Station in London. Installation of the first panel is planned for Q2 2019.

SNC-Lavalin has won a contract to design and build a $1.5 billion greenfield PVC plastics plant near Muscat, Oman, with work expected to begin in Q1 2021.

Siemens Wind Power has awarded Street Crane a £3.3m contract to supply overhead cranes for its wind turbine production and logistics facilities in Hull, including 32 cranes for the blade factory.

Firth Rixson has signed a 10-year deal with United Technologies Corporation to manufacture airplane engine and landing parts, including for the Boeing 787 and Airbus A320. The deal is worth $1 billion.

Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions won a 40 billion yen (about $368 million) contract to supply 68 electric locomotives, including spare parts, to the Taiwan Railways Administration. Manufacturing will be at the Fuchu Complex, with deliveries starting in 2022.

PROENERGY has been selected by WattBridge Energy to provide a turnkey power plant solution for the Topaz Power Station in Texas, including 7 LM6000PC peaking generation units with a total capacity of 336 MW.

Advanced Global Investment Co., a subsidiary of Advanced Petrochemical Co., let a project management consulting contract to Fluor Corp. for its proposed propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The complex will produce 843,000 tpy of propylene and 800,000 tpy of PP.

Kuka system partner SAR Elektronic is building five fully-automated production and inspection lines for a leading German automotive supplier, equipped with 50 Kuka robots for inverter manufacturing. The lines will be delivered to two European plants and one Chinese plant.

Siemens Energy is transporting a state-of-the-art SGT-9000HL combined cycle gas turbine to SSE's Keadby Two power station in North Lincolnshire, UK. The 840MW power station will provide electricity for around 840,000 homes from 2022, with Siemens providing a full turnkey solution and 15-year servicing contract.

Valmet will supply a coated board making line (PM2) with automation and Industrial Internet solutions for APP's Guangxi Jingui Pulp and Paper's Qinzhou mill in China. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of Q1 2020, with a typical value of EUR 150-200 million, and start-up planned for 2021.

Kemira signed a long-term agreement with UPM-Kymmene extending and expanding its bleaching chemicals supply contract in Uruguay, pending environmental permitting. The agreement includes capacity to support the existing pulp mill in Fray Bentos and the new UPM pulp mill in Paso de los Toros, with a total Kemira investment of approximately USD 30 million into bleaching chemicals plants.

Starrag was selected to supply a Droop+Rein 5-axis gantry machine for the Attack Class submarine construction in Osborne, South Australia, in collaboration with H&H Machine Tools Australia.

PJSC Energomashspetsstal accepted a core shell of the reactor vessel for unit 7 of Tianwan NPP in China, under a contract signed in July 2019.

Azelis will distribute Perstorp's polyols and solutions portfolio in parts of Northern Europe, effective immediately.

Concentric AB has been awarded a contract to supply its new Dual Cone Clutch (DCC) to a Tier 1 brake air compressor manufacturer for use in on-highway applications with a leading OEM of trucks, buses, construction equipment and industrial engines. Production will start in 2022/23, with total revenues through to the end of 2026 estimated at SEK 60 million.

Valmet secured a contract from Gasum to supply automation solutions for a new biogas facility in Lohja, Finland. The plant will process 60,000 tonnes of biowaste and produce over 40 GWh of biogas and 50,000 tonnes of organic fertilizers annually.

ABB signed a contract with Metsä Fibre to supply electrification and drive technology solutions for a new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. The contract is worth approximately €40 million ($43.2 million) and is subject to Metsä Group's final investment decision.

COENG has been appointed for EPC services to construct a 2 x 40 MVA plant substation at Wesizwe Platinum's Bakubung mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. Expected completion is March 21, 2021.

Paper Machinery Producer (PMP) signed a contract to deliver two Intelli-Jet V hydraulic headboxes and engineering services for Smurfit Kappa's PM5 paper machine at the Uberaba mill in Brazil. Delivery and start-up are scheduled for the last quarter of 2020.

Gaoth Dobhair-based Irish Pressings has secured a multi-million euro work package from Jaguar Land Rover, with production planned from 2021 and up to 90 additional staff targeted over five years.

Metsä Fibre signed a preliminary agreement with ABB to supply electricity systems for the Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland. The delivery is valued at approximately EUR 40 million.

Leading Technology Composites Inc. in Wichita won a new $26.8 million defense contract for body armor plates, announced on May 14, 2020.

Dow appointed Univar Solutions as the exclusive distributor of VORASURF Silicone Polyurethane Additives across North America, effective May 14, 2020.

Oerlikon Nonwoven will deliver a high-end meltblown system to FleeceforEurope, a new venture in Germany that plans to manufacture up to 50 million FFP1-FFP3 respiratory masks per month for the European market starting fall 2020.

A consortium led by PWT was awarded the design, construction, erection and commissioning of the Nouaceur wastewater treatment plant by LYDEC.

NKT will deliver 135 km of 72 kV XLPE high-voltage cable to connect the 155 MW Vandel III solar farm, ordered by utility N1.

The government of Pakistan signed a Rs442 billion contract with a Chinese company and Frontier Works Organization for construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, including a diversion system, main dam, access bridge and 21 MW Tangir hydropower project.

Rio Tinto has awarded Civmec a contract worth $165 million for development works at the Mesa A operational hub in Western Australia, including fabrication and commissioning of a wet plant.

Oerlikon Nonwoven will supply a meltblown line to FleeceforEurope for producing nonwoven fabric for face masks. FleeceforEurope and Lindenpartner plan to produce up to 50 million FFP1-FFP3 masks per month in Germany starting early autumn 2020.

APV, an Australian restraint manufacturer, won a $US500,000 export contract with BAE Systems in the United States to supply passenger seatbelts for next-generation amphibious and land military vehicles. The contract runs for three years with an option for a fourth.

Trideum Corporation was selected by the U.S. Army's Threat Systems Management Office to provide towed target data logger hardware and test support. The contract is under the Aerial Target Systems 2 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco awarded Andritz Hydro a contract worth more than €40 million for the complete modernization and digitalization of the 1050 MW Sobradinho plant in Bahia. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

Poland's KGHM ZANAM won a tender to supply seven LKP-0703 load-haul-dump machines to K+S's Zielitz potash mine in Saxony-Anhalt, with delivery planned for mid-November 2020. The contract was reported on 14 May 2020.

Andritz received an order from Klabin for a 51 MW biomass gasification plant, belt dryer, multi-fuel lime kiln burner and biomass handling equipment for the Ortigueira mill in Brazil.

Liebherr Container Cranes received an order from Termont Montreal for one ship-to-shore container crane and one rail-mounted gantry crane for the Viau Terminal.

Pryer Aerospace signed a multi-year contract with Blue Origin to supply large complex machined parts and leading edge structures for the New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle.