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Gamble pays off

“YOU’VE got rocks in your head.” That was the common refrain Civmec chief executive officer Pat Tallon heard just about every time he talked to outsiders about his plan to build a massive facility south of Perth.

Noel Dyson
Gamble pays off

At the time the world was in the midst of the global financial crisis, many of the manufacturing shops were moribund and Gorgon was sending a lot of work overseas. Miners had put a stop to a number of...

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