MacMahon Holdings Ltd. (MAH.AU) Tuesday requested its stock be suspended from quotation immediately, pending an announcement.

The Perth-based engineering company and contract miner halted trading in its shares Friday pending a notice about a "large construction contract."

A weekend report in The West Australian newspaper said Macmahon and Leighton Holdings Ltd. (LEI.AU), which holds a 17% stake in Macmahon, are close to announcing a A$500 million contract for rail work on BHP Billiton's (BHP) RGP5 iron ore expansion in Western Australia state's Pilbara region.

Leighton has declined to comment about the talks with BHP, saying only that they were continuing.

Macmahon last traded Friday at 51.5 cents.

-By Andrew Harrison, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-3-9671-4323; andrew.harrison@dowjones.com

 
 
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