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Italian group comes calling for WA rail contractor in $180m deal

The founders of Pilbara Rail Maintenance, which lays and looks after tracks for BHP and Rio Tinto in Western Australia’s iron ore hinterland, have secured a big payday seven years after founding the business.

 Chris Prior and wife Chelsea Herman co-founded Pilbara Rail Maintenance with Ian Abbot in 2018. 

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