(Sept. 10) – Ansaldo STS , a Finmeccanica Company, through its subsidiary Ansaldo STS Australia, has been awarded a new 65.1 million euros ( AUD 80.2 million) contract to deliver the signaling, communications and transmission systems for Rio Tinto’s critical heavy haul Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353 (RCE353) for its Pilbara operations. When completed the railway duplication, extending from Emu siding to the port at Cape Lambert, will contribute to Rio Tinto’s objective of achieving an overall system capacity of 353 million tons of iron ore per annum in 2015. The contract award is the latest in a series of Rio Tinto heavy haul rail projects awarded to Ansaldo STS Australia under the Rio Tinto – Ansaldo STS Framework Agreement (RAFA) established in November 2010.
