Australia’s Ausdrill wins $554.6m contract in Botswana

Mining services provider Ausdrill Ltd said on Monday that its unit won a five-year underground mining services contract from Khoemacau Copper Mining (Pty) Ltd at a Botswana mine worth about A$800 million ($554.56 million).

Ausdrill said its Barminco unit will start providing mining services in December this year at Khoemacau’s Zone 5 mine in the Kalahari copper belt.

($1 = 1.4426 Australian dollars)

(By Aby Jose Koilparambil; Editing by Daniel Wallis)