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Civmec Henderson hard , the solid reputation Civmec has gained with the oil industry , such as providing the subsea manifold for Apache ’ s Coniston project , have ensured a healthy continuing order book .
“ The contracts are smaller than they were before , but there is still a requirement for innovative expertise – and smaller jobs require just as much project management input as the larger ones ,” says Tallon .
It ’ s a similar story in mining . Low prices mean that the majors are typically working their plants to their nameplate capacity and beyond as volume takes the place of margin . The emphasis of the iron ore market has shifted to some extent from China to fast growing markets including India and developing African and Asian economies .
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