Mount Margaret Nickel Project
Anaconda Nickel’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said a full feasibility study had begun on its proposed Mount Margaret nickel project, 100 kilometres north-west of the company’s Murrin Murrin project.
Following a review of pre-feasibility and scoping study data on the expected resource held by Anacon...
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Murrin Murrin Nickel Project
Anaconda Nickel Chief Executive Andrew Forrest said the Murrin Murrin project started production of nickel matte on 7 May.
The Murrin Murrin refinery had exceeded commissioning performance expectations, producing more than 35 tonnes of nickel at specifications above those required for LME nickel en...
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Dominion's Balla Balla Vanadium Project
Dominion Mining said an independent scoping study to assess the technical viability of its Balla Balla vanadium project was successfully completed during the March 1999 quarter.
The study indicated annual production of 6,800 tonnes of vanadium with a 20-year mine life.
The company said discussions...
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Mt Magnet Gold Project
Hill 50 Gold said it would proceed with an expansion of its Mt Magnet gold project, and has let a fixed price/lump sum contract for the plant expansion work to JR Engineering Services for $12.1 million.
The expansion will result in the company increasing its annual gold production capability to 250...
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Laverton Exploration Project
Metex Resources’ said its joint venture partner, Delta Gold, completed the pre-feasibility program on the Chatterbox oxide deposits during the March 1999 quarter.
The study confirmed the project is economically robust, but it would not support the construction of its own mill at current gold prices...
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Western Queen Gold Mine
Western Reefs said that during the March 1999 quarter drilling programs were completed at the Western Queen gold mine to clarify further the current indicated resources of 68,000 tonnes grading 16.63 g/t gold below the planned pit floor.
The company said the program returned results consistent with...
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Indee Gold Project
Resolute’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said wide-spaced drilling east of Mallina at the Indee gold project intersected significant gold mineralisation over 2.5 kilometres of strike.
Results received to date include eight metres at 2.4 g/t gold, four metres at 6.5 g/t and four metres at 11.3 g/t.
T...
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Remote private power generation - Esperance region
Twelve consortia have been short-listed for the right to submit tenders to generate electricity in the Esperance region of WA.
The groups are:
Energy Developments Limmited – (Qld)
Beacons Consulting International Pty Ltd/TNB/Indkom – (WA/Malaysia)
New World Projects/Hanjung Korea Heavy Industrie...
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Maud Creek Gold Project, NT
Kilkenny Gold said the March 1999 quarter was used to optimise and enhance certain areas of the Maud Creek gold project feasibility study, which was completed in December.
Resource
The global resource remains 13.58 million tonnes at 2.28 g/t for 995,000 ounces, with a high-grade resource of 2.289 ...
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Browns Copper-Cobalt-Nickel-Lead Project, NT
Compass Resources’ March 1999 Quarterly Report said two major engineering companies have been shortlisted for the bankable feasibility study (BFS) and associated metallurgical testwork program on its Browns project.
The groups are led by Hatch Australia and Kvaerner Metals.
Testwork
Ausmelt and t...
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Batchelor Magnesium Metal Project, NT
Mt Grace Resources’ March 1999 Quarterly Report said that based on remodelling undertaken for the pre-feasibility study, it had upgraded the magnesite resource at its Batchelor magnesium metal project, 85 kilometres south of Darwin.
The inferred resource at the Winchester deposit now stands at 20.7...
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Arthur-Lyons River Magnesium Metal Project, Tas
Resource Update
Crest Magnesium’s March 1999 Quarterly Report said that following an infill drilling program completed in March 1999, the measured resource in the Arthur River resource now totals 13 million tonnes at an average grade of 43.4 per cent magnesium oxide.
The measured resource, which ...
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Julia Creek Vanadium Project, Qld
Fimiston Mining’s March 1999 Quarterly Report gave an update on the scoping study in progress on its Julia Creek vanadium project.
Mining Study
A conceptual mining study involving the mine plan to cater for the 20-year resource is close to completion. A draft mining study has been completed and th...
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Marlborough Nickel Project, Qld
Preston Resources said development of the Marlborough nickel project has maintained schedule, with a number of achievements made during the March 1999 quarter.
Both environmental approval and mining leases have been granted for Marlborough.
Engineering
EPC contractor, Multiplex Constructions, beg...
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Eastern Gas Pipeline, Vic
In December 1998, Duke Energy International acquired the rights to develop and operate the 795-kilometre Eastern Gas Pipeline from Longford in Victoria to Sydney, NSW, passing through the towns and regions of Bairnsdale, Orbost, Cann River, Bombola, Cooma, Nowra and Wollongong.
BHP Steel has now be...
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Clough South-East Asian Work Contracts
The Clough group has been awarded two major South-East Asian contracts.
Oil and Gas Pipeline Contract
Clough Engineering, in joint venture with major Brunei oil and gas contractor HJ Malai Mashor General Contracting, has been awarded a $25.7 million package of oil and gas pipeline contracts by Bru...
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