MANAGEMENT

South32 extends FIFO contract

FIFO agreement extended by ten years to 2030.

 Cannington mine in Queensland, Australia

Cannington mine in Queensland, Australia

The new deal extends the relationship with Alliance Airlines' business unit Alliance Aviation Services, which began in 2006, by a further 10 years until 2030.   

Alliance will be the sole supplier for the service connecting Townsville, Cairns and Brisbane with the Cannington silver-lead-zinc mine in Queensland and the Groote Eyland Mining Company manganese operation in NT's Gulf of Carpentaria.   

Alliance chief executive Lee Schofield said: "For the next 10 years Alliance will also be servicing South32's charter requirements from Darwin. 

GEMCO is an opencut operation producing high-grade manganese ore that is shipped to South32's Tasmania manganese alloy plant and around the world.

The Cannington operation comprises an underground mine and processing plant, processing 3 million tonnes a year.

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