BHP Group Ltd. reported on March 10 that it has awarded three new contracts valued at C$260 million (approximately US$188 million) to firms owned by some members of the First Nations ethnic community in Canada for its Jansen potash project under development in Saskatchewan, MT Newswires reported.
Site services and raw ore/handling foundation contracts have been awarded to 2Nations Bird, who will work closely with KDM Constructors of the Kawakatoose, Day Star, and Muskowekwan Nations and with George Gordon Developments of the George Gordon First Nation, the company said.
The contracts run for a term of three and a half years and will support more than 400 local jobs, BHP said.