Naval Base/Kwinana Private Port
Transport Minister Murray Criddle said WA consortium James Point Pty Ltd had been confirmed as preferred tenderer to build, own and operate a general cargo port at Naval Base/Kwinana.
Mr Criddle said the consortium planned a staged development at James Point with two initial multi-purpose, land-bac...
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Cawse Nickel Project - Cobalt Refinery
Centaur Mining & Exploration’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said the company and its joint venture partner, Union Miniere, had completed a scoping study on a 1,000 tonnes per annum cobalt refinery at the Cawse nickel project.
The plant would use Union Miniere’s process technology to produce refined ...
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Murrin Murrin Nickel Project Stage II - Expansion Development
Anaconda Nickel’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said development of Murrin Murrin Stage Two continued to progress with final definition of ore, water and calcrete reserves, together with all principal regulatory approvals and necessary leases, to be finalised by June.
The Environmental Protection Aut...
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Ravensthorpe Nickel Project
Finance
When Comet Resources announced an EPC contract had been awarded to Multiplex Constructions for its Ravensthorpe nickel project, it said a 180-day financing mandate had been granted to the company to act as its exclusive agent to procure project finance.
Comet said in its March 1999 Quarter...
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RAV8 Nickel Project
Tectonic Resources’ March 1999 Quarterly Report said that with the improvement in the nickel price off its five-year low over the last quarter, work on the RAV8 sulphide nickel project near Ravensthorpe has been reactivated.
The company said discussions were currently being held with selected finan...
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Ammonia-Urea Project
Plenty River Corporation (PRC)’s March 1999 Quarterly Report gave an update on progress with respect to its proposed ammonia-urea project.
Wharf Facilities
During the quarter, PRC was approached by three companies that had registered an interest in a "build/own/operate" dedicated wharf facility fo...
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Golden Cities Gold Project
AMX Resources’ March 1999 Quarterly Report said progress had been made on the bankable feasibility study for its Golden Cities gold project, 30 kilometres from Kalgoorlie.
The resource estimate on the Havana Suva orebody and the geotechnical assessment of the pit was complete and all other phases o...
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East Kundana Gold Project
Gilt-Edged Mining’s (G-EM) March 1999 Quarterly Report said a resource estimate had been calculated for the Rubicon and Hornet deposits at East Kundana.
Combined gold resources are estimated to be 814,500 tonnes grading 6.5 g/t for 169,200 contained ounces. Eighty-five per cent of this total is in ...
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Whim Creek Copper Project
Lynas Gold said it had withdrawn from its proposed acquisition of the Whim Creek copper project, located between Karratha and Port Hedland.
The decision to withdraw from the transaction follows a generally weaker copper price and a strengthening Australian dollar since the agreement with Straits Re...
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Lee Gas Field
Tap Oil said the Lee gas field in the Carnarvon Basin had been extended after the Lee-1 appraisal well successfully intersected four hydrocarbon intervals down dip to the north from intervals interested in the Lee-1 well.
The company said drill stem tests from the Brigadier and North Rankin sandsto...
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Steel River Mini-Mill Project, NSW
Boulder Group’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said it expected the pre-feasibility study for its proposed Steel River stainless and specialty steel mini-mill project at Newcastle to be completed in mid-May.
The company’s adviser, Societe Generale Hambros Australia, was preparing the first financial m...
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Dubbo Zirconia Project, NSW
Alkane Exploration’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said phase one of the feasibility program for its Dubbo zirconia project was completed and it is reviewing the results.
Key results were:
fine grinding (P80 57 microns) was critical to most of the value elements
there was lower than anticipated a...
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Yolla Gas Field, Tas
Boral Energy has supplied the following update on the Yolla gas field.
Yolla is located in Bass Basin Retention Licence Area T/RL 1, about 130 kilometres north of Burnie, Tasmania and about 100 kilometres south of the nearest Victoria coastal point. Water depth is about 80 metres.
Current partici...
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Main Creek Magnesite Project, Tas
Golden Triangle Resources’ (GTR) March 1999 Quarterly Report said Lakefield Research of Canada had completed the first phase of a proposed metallurgical testwork program for GTR’s Main Creek magnesite project.
This will lead to an integrated pilot plant operation converting the magnesite ore to mag...
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Douglas and Culgoa Mineral Sands Project, Vic
Basin Minerals, a subsidiary of Craton Resources, has discovered several large coarse-grained heavy mineral deposits in the Victorian Murray Basin.
The two largest deposits are the Douglas project area, about 35 kilometres west of Horsham, and the Culgoa project, near Swan Hill.
Craton Resources M...
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Puffin Oil Prospect, NT
West Oil is planning an appraisal well on the Puffin oil structure in the Timor Sea after a three-dimensional depth study indicated the potential for a 40-million barrel recoverable oil updip at the Puffin-1 prospect.
The study also revealed potential for another 37 million barrels at the Puffin So...
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