Saskatchewan First Nations get piece in BHP Jansen mine contracts | 24CA News
A number of contracts have been handed out from BHP as a part of the Jansen potash mine undertaking in Saskatchewan, with native First Nations organizations getting a bit of the pie.
The contract for camp providers on the Jansen mine went to Wicehtowak Frontec Services, which is a partnership between ATCO Frontec Services and George Gordon Developments.
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The contract will probably be for the BHP Jansen Discovery Lodge, and is a multi-year contract of roughly $86 million to supply camp providers starting in April.
Jansen Discovery Lodge is the camp for staff constructing Jansen Stage 1, which BHP says will probably be one of many world’s most sustainable potash mines.
This undertaking is about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon, and BHP is investing $7.5 billion.
Production is deliberate for 2026, with BHP including it expects to provide 4.35 million tonnes of potash.
“It provides cleaning, food preparation, catering and camp management services for our large two-and-a-half-thousand-person accommodation venue at Jansen Mine,” Simon Thomas, BHP’s president of the Jansen potash mining undertaking, mentioned of the contract.
Concrete work for 4 essential non-process buildings on the BHP undertaking and common website providers contracts had been awarded to 2Nations Bird.
2Nations Bird is a collaboration between Bird, Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation’s Willow Cree Developments General Partner and Fishing Lake First Nation’s Development Corporation, FLFN Ventures.
The concrete contract is valued at $62 million, and the three-year website providers settlement is valued at greater than $110 million.
“Site services is a key contract on our site. It looks after electricity and utility services and the general operation of the site,” Thomas mentioned.
“We wanted to ensure that we partner in the community and that we are part of the community at Jansen and around Jansen.”
These contracts imply greater than 400 jobs, in line with BHP, with greater than 50 per cent of these being First Nations workers.
Thomas famous the general undertaking will run for a few years and can provide lots of alternatives for long-term employment.
“We want to have a very diverse, gender-balanced workforce in the long-term operation, and we’re seeking to have over 20 per cent of our workforce represented by Indigenous employees,” Thomas added.
He famous Stage 1, which was introduced again in August 2021, is about 16 per cent full.
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