Fluor Company says it has acquired remaining discover to proceed from Barrick Mining Company on its Reko Diq undertaking in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Fluor was chosen as Barrick’s lead engineering, procurement and development administration (EPCM) accomplice in April 2025 and recognised its portion of the undisclosed contract within the June quarter.
“Fluor and Barrick share a powerful dedication to delivering large-scale mining tasks safely, responsibly and effectively,” Harish Jammula, President of Fluor’s Mining & Metals enterprise, mentioned. “Reko Diq will probably be a serious contributor to Pakistan’s financial system, which is predicted to have a transformative influence on Balochistan province. The mine will create jobs, stimulate regional financial development and assist long-term funding in improvement packages.”
Mark Bristow, President and CEO of Barrick, added: “Fluor’s choice as our EPCM accomplice strengthens our skill to execute the Reko Diq undertaking with the technical rigour, operational self-discipline and socio-environmental duty which might be hallmarks of each corporations. We sit up for working carefully with Fluor to make sure that Reko Diq delivers lasting worth to the fairness companions, each native and worldwide, in addition to the various in-country stakeholders, together with the folks of Balochistan and Pakistan.”
Reko Diq is a generational undertaking that’s anticipated to have a life that can prolong properly past 40 years as a truck-and-shovel open-pit operation with processing services producing a high-quality copper-gold focus. The undertaking will comprise a number of open-pit mines and related infrastructure, focus course of services and transportation community for transferring items, consumables and focus between the positioning and port.
Development will start later this 12 months and will probably be in-built two phases. First manufacturing is focused for 2028. When absolutely operational, the positioning will probably be able to a complete throughput of 90 Mt/y.
Komatsu has been awarded a $440 million contract from Barrick Mining Company, the operator of the Reko Diq Mining Joint Enterprise, to ship the haulage and loading gear bundle for the undertaking.
Fluor says it brings in depth international expertise in delivering massive copper focus tasks in a few of the world’s most difficult places, together with high-altitude, distant and logistically advanced environments.
