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Ansaldo STS adjudicates a new contract from 65 million euros in Australia
It will supply systems of signaling, communication and control of the trains for the doubling of a railway line in the Pilbara
September 10, 2012
The Italian Ansaldo STS (Finmeccanica group), through own controlled Ansaldo STS Australia, has adjudicated a new contract of the value of 65,1 million euros (80,2 million dollars Australian) for the supply of the systems of signaling, communication and transmission in the within of project RCE 353 (Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353) legacy to the railway line for the heavy transport of Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.
Ansaldo STS has explained that, once completed, the doubling of the line (than it is extended from Emu Siding Lambert Chief) it will help Rio Tinto to center the objective to reach a total ability to the system of 353 million tons of iron mineral per year in 2015 and has specified that the contract is the last one of a series of projects for the heavy rail shipment of assigned Rio Tinto to Ansaldo STS Australia based on which signed agreement RAFA in November 2010.
Ansaldo STS Australia plans and realizes gives beyond 15 years solutions of signaling and communication for the heavy rail shipment in the mining field and appoints to a job 700 people in all the Country in the centers of Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Perth and Karratha.
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The Italian Ansaldo STS (Finmeccanica group), through own controlled Ansaldo STS Australia, has adjudicated a new contract of the value of 65,1 million euros (80,2 million dollars Australian) for the supply of the systems of signaling, communication and transmission in the within of project RCE 353 (Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353) legacy to the railway line for the heavy transport of Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
