BHP Billiton

Japan's Sojitz has agreed to acquire the Gregory Crinum coking coal mine in Queensland, Australia from BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development for A$100 million ($75.8 million). The mine has been under care and maintenance since 2016, and Sojitz plans to restart production.

MACA secured a $27.5 million contract for crushing and screening services at BHP Billiton's Area C mine in the Pilbara.

Thiess was awarded a $345 million contract by BHP Billiton for civil works and bulk earthworks to expand ore handling facilities at the Yandi Iron Ore mine in Western Australia, as part of Rapid Growth Project 5.

Transocean Ltd. announced a two-year contract valued at approximately $106 million for its ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Invictus with a subsidiary of BHP Billiton. The contract will commence in Q2 2018.

The TyV Consortium, owned by Graña y Montero and Amec Foster Wheeler subsidiaries, was awarded a $131.8 million contract by Minera Spence to build a crushing plant and material transport facilities at the Spence copper mine in Chile. The project is to be completed by January 2020.

Decmil has been awarded a A$13 million contract by BHP for civil and enabling works at the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Atlas Copco won a contract to convert 18 of BHP's blast hole drills to autonomous operation at its WAIO sites in Western Australia. The drills are Atlas Copco Pit Viper 271 rotary blast hole rigs.

Siem Offshore has been awarded multiple charter contracts: AHTS vessels Siem Aquamarine and Siem Topaz will support BHP Billiton off Australia (240 days); AHTS vessels Siem Garnet and Siem Sapphire will support Gazprom in Sakhalin (440 days); PSVs Siem Louisa and Siem Sasha will start a 290-day contract off West Africa; OSCV Siem Marlin started a 150-day charter in South America; OSCV Siem Spearfish started a 100-day charter in the Black Sea.