ASC selected as shipbuilder for Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyers (9 Jun 2005)
The Federal Government has chosen SA company ASC Shipbuilder Pty Limited as the preferred shipbuilder to build three of the Navy’s Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs) worth up to $6 billion.
Senator Hill said the Government made the decision after accepting the unanimous recommendation of the Source Sele...
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Technip-JP Kenny JV selected for Gorgon upstream development (9 Jun 2005)
Technip and J P Kenny, in a 50/50 joint venture (JV), announced that their Australian entities, Technip Oceania Pty Limited and J P Kenny Pty Limited (Perth), have been selected as the initial front end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) co...
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Bluewaters gets environmental approval (9 Jun 2005)
Environment Minister Judy Edwards has approved Griffin Energy’s proposed Bluewaters power station at Collie. The approval has been given, subject to a range of ministerial conditions, for a 200MW coal-fired power station to be built 4km north-east of Collie, following an appeals process that had att...
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Taskforce to tackle energy sector greenhouse emissions (9 Jun 2005)
The WA Government will establish a high-level taskforce to help WA move forward in its approach to managing greenhouse gas emissions.
The new Greenhouse and Energy Taskforce will advise the government on practical and economically feasible ways to manage greenhouse gas emissions from the stationary...
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Origin Energy’s SLIVER technology (9 Jun 2005)
Origin Energy announced its commitment to meet part of the booming world solar power growth by producing a photovoltaic (PV) technology at its new SLIVER technology demonstration plant at Regency Park, SA.
Origin stated that its SLIVER technology differs somewhat from that of conventional solar ce...
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Nullagine resource upgrade exceeds 870,000oz (9 Jun 2005)
Wedgetail Exploration NL reported an update of the resource inventory at its Nullagine Gold Project.
Highlights include:
global resources increase by 39 per cent from 635,000oz to 886,000oz gold (1.0 grams per tonne gold cut off);
global measured and indicated resources increase by 41 per cent to...
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De Grey intersects manganese at Beyondie (9 Jun 2005)
De Grey Mining Limited has discovered manganese following receipt of new assays, as part of a recently completed review of the geochemistry and petrology at the company’s Beyondie Base and Precious Metals Project, 160km south of Newman in WA.
De Grey previously reported anomalous zinc, nickel and ...
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BGC Koolyanobbing contract (9 Jun 2005)
BGC Contracting has successfully negotiated a significant extension and expansion to their existing Koolyanobbing off-road ore haulage contract for Portman Iron Ore Limited in the Yilgarn region of WA.
The project scope has been increased to approximately $170 million and the duration extended to m...
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Minister presents Mining Act amendments to WA Parliament (9 Jun 2005)
WA State Development Minister Alan Carpenter presented the Mining Amendment Bill 2005 to parliament introducing minor changes to last year’s Bill to allow for the proclamation of changes to the Mining Act 1978 later this year.
Mr Carpenter stated that the changes while technical required current pr...
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Full Report: Export & Infrastructure Taskforce (9 Jun 2005)
The Prime Minister’s Export and Infrastructure Taskforce has released its report designed to identify any bottlenecks, of a physical or regulatory kind, in the operation of Australia’s infrastructure that may impede the full realisation of Australia’s export opportunities.
The taskforce found that ...
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Framework for competition in water industry (9 Jun 2005)
WA Minister Assisting the Minister for Water Resources John Kobelke has introduced the Water Legislation Amendment (Competition Policy) Bill 2005 to parliament, which would remove barriers to competition in the WA water industry.
The legislation will provide the framework to remove anti-competitive...
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The case for nuclear energy (9 Jun 2005)
The Perth Branch of the Australian Institute of Energy will host a luncheon presentation at the Perth Convention Centre on Tuesday 28 June 2005.
Mr Ian Hore-Lacy, Director of Public Communications, World Nuclear Association, London will outline the case for nuclear energy to help WA meet its electr...
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REPS Industry Events (9 Jun 2005)
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