MINING companies have been accused of excluding Australian manufacturers from bidding for work on massive resources projects by using Chinese design specifications in tender documents for key steel contracts.
Confidential tender documents obtained by The Australian show that Gindalbie Metals offered Chinese companies the chance to work on its $2.6 billion Karara iron ore project in Western Australia using Chinese standards for steel.
The contract for 4000 tonnes of steel was eventually won by Chinese steel giant Ansteel, which is also Gindalbie's biggest shareholder. The company denied that Ansteel was given preferential treatment or that Australian companies were excluded from bidding for work on Karara.
The Australian
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