AUSTRALIA: Monadelphous has secured a contract worth about $200 million to install and commission BHP’s sixth car dumper and supporting materials-handling facilities at Nelson Point in Port Hedland.

Two BHP iron ore locomotives with ore wagons at Nelson Point Yard in Port Hedland.
BHP iron ore locomotives 4308 and 4373 at Nelson Point Yard in Port Hedland. Illustrative photo. Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Monadelphous said the award forms part of BHP’s Port Debottlenecking Project 2, or PDP2, at the miner’s Nelson Point Port Facility in Western Australia. Work will start immediately and is expected to be completed in 2028.

The contract adds a defined construction package to a project that BHP sanctioned in August 2025 and has already moved into execution.

Contract covers Car Dumper 6 systems

The scope includes all structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation activities associated with Car Dumper 6, known as CD6. Monadelphous will handle installation and commissioning, together with the supporting materials-handling facilities required for the new unit.

This brings the contractor into both the mechanical systems that move bulk material through the port and the electrical and control work needed to commission the facility.

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CD6 supports BHP’s 2028 production plan

BHP expects CD6 and its related infrastructure to create capacity to maintain Western Australia Iron Ore production above 305 million tonnes per year, on a 100% basis, from the fourth quarter of the 2028 financial year.

The company has also said the sixth dumper should offset the production impact of planned major car dumper renewals beginning in FY2029. The additional facility is expected to improve ore blending and screening capability at the port.

For Monadelphous, the immediate start creates a multi-year construction programme extending through 2028. The award covers the full set of installation disciplines identified for CD6 rather than a single trade package.

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