Bateman Engineering - Signing of Lumwana contract.

(From AFX CNF)

RNS Number:5468K Bateman Engineering N.V. 17 October 2006 Bateman Engineering N.V. ("Bateman Engineering") Signing of US$408m Lumwana Copper Project Contract Further to its announcement made on 12 January 2006, Bateman Engineering is pleased to announce that through its joint venture with Ausenco Limited (the " ABJV"), it has signed the final Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts with Equinox Minerals Limited for the Lumwana Project in Zambia. The Lumwana Project is one of the largest copper projects to be undertaken on the African continent. The combined value of these contracts, which were awarded on a negotiated basis, is …