Accenture has won a lucrative contract with Northern Minerals Limited for the Browns Range Project Feasibility Study.
The company will provide capital project management and procurement business process services on the Study project.
Browns Range is the flagship project for Northern Minerals, located approximately 160 km south east of Halls Creek, in the north of Western Australia.
The project proposes to use open cut and underground mining methods and processing via beneficiation and hydrometallurgical facilities to produce a high value, mixed rare earth (RE) oxide for export.Construction is anticipated in 2015 with first production from Browns Range expected in 2016.
Under the terms of the agreement, Accenture will collaborate with Northern Minerals to establish capital project services including integrated planning, more accurate estimating and cost control, document control and risk management.
“Accenture has teamed with Northern Minerals during the feasibility study stage to ensure the company can achieve the scale, accuracy and agility required for the next phase of the project,” said Nigel Court, managing director of Accenture’s mining business in Asia Pacific. “Using Accenture’s capital project and procurement services, small-scale miners can take greater advantage of the benefits associated with shared services opportunities.”
“As we undertake the feasibility study into the Browns Range Project, it is critical that we are able to access deep capabilities and skills to achieve scale, certainty and control over costs and schedules,” said George Bauk, Northern Minerals Managing Director/CEO. “This agreement with Accenture will ensure we are positioned to become the next dysprosium producer of significance.”
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