Dimethyl-ether plant for WA
A consortium of Japanese companies has started detailed studies into establishing the world’s first, large-scale dimethyl-ether (DME) plant at Karratha in Western Australia.
The partners - Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, ITOCHU Corporation, JGC Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - who each have a...
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A$485 million in contracts awarded for NWS LNG train 4 expansion
Woodside Energy Ltd., operator of the North West Shelf Venture, has awarded A$485 million in contracts for the North West Shelf Train 4 expansion project on the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia.
The majority of contracts awarded to date have been to companies with Australian and Western Australi...
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QNI, Shell and Woodside natural gas supply to Townsville
QNI Pty Ltd, Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd and Woodside Energy Ltd have signed an exclusive letter of intent (LoI) specifying key commercial terms for the supply of natural gas from the Woodside operated Sunrise Gas Project in the Timor Sea, to QNI’s Yabulu nickel and cobalt refinery at Town...
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HiTec Energy commissions demonstration plant
HiTec Energy’s Demonstration Plant at Murdoch University has been successfully commissioned confirming its ability to effectively produce high quality, low cost electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD)
using the world’s most environmentally friendly process.EMD provides portable electricity and is the...
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Thunderbox bankable feasibility study completed
A Bankable Feasibility Study on the Thunderbox gold deposit within the Wildara Project, north-eastern goldfields of Western Australia has been completed.
The Study proposes an open pit
mining operation with a waste to ore strip ratio of 3.5:1 and an on-site, stand alone treatment facility.
The i...
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Goongarrie Nickel Project results promising
Heron Resources Limited advises that the current Goongarrie Nickel Project RC drilling at the Pamela Jean Zone in the eastern goldfields is returning intercepts of nickel laterite mineralisation which significantly exceed any previously announced results.Heron Resources said from the current drillin...
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AMC project one step closer, Qld
The Australian Magnesium Corporation (AMC) has secured banking finance to proceed with the development of its $1.3 billion magnesium facility at Stanwell, Queensland.AMC has secured finance of $932 million and will now proceed with plans for a $680 million global equity offer, bringing the company a...
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SAMAG increases magnesium plant design capacity, SA
The Directors of Pima Mining NL (Pima) advise that its wholly owned subsidiary SAMAG Limited has increased the design capacity of its proposed magnesium plant at Port Pirie, South Australia to 65,000 tonnes pa following further engineering studies.This 24 per cent increase in proposed capacity will ...
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New gold and copper find: Tarcoola, NSW
Grenfell Resources Limited has discovered a new gold and copper mineralised zone at the Soyuz prospect 25 kilometres northwest of Tarcoola, NSW.An intersection of 7 metres @ 4.83g/t gold from 26 metres to the end of hole at 33 metres has been returned on the last hole, SOYUZ06, of the program.
Anom...
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Beach Petroleum 4-out-of-4 gas strike rate in Otway, Vic
Beach Petroleum NL expects gas sales to provide a significant new and strong revenue stream for the company in the new financial year.This follows recent success near Port Campbell of the Naylor-1 well in PEP 154, which has been completed as a commercial gas producer after intersecting at least 30 m...
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Tenders open for water monitoring
The Water Corporation is inviting tenders for water monitoring services in 2001-02.The monitoring program is for an initial period of one year. During this period, it is expected that environmental quality criteria for water, sediments and biota will be established.Monitoring to ensure compliance wi...
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Infill Sewerage Program extension possible
The Water Corporation’s Infill Sewerage Program, initially due for completion in June 2004, might be extended.Annual funding for the program is being reconciled with a possibility for extension. A decision is expected by mid-June.The program, which began in July 1994, has employed trenchless technol...
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WA Government opens book on spending
The State Government has released a document detailing the purchasing habits of Government agencies and outlined changes for future reports.Produced by the State Supply Commission, the Who Buys What document reports on annual purchasing statistics covering 131 Government agencies and outlines the sc...
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Westralia Square development
Kerry Packer has plans to develop the vacant Westralia Square site in St Georges Terrace into a $300 million -dollar office and apartment complex.The plans include two office buildings with a combined 60,000 square metres of floor space and a separate 150-room apartment tower.Mr Packer’s consultants...
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Changes to policy and project by-laws
The Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, recently announced changes to the Policy and Project By-laws Scheme (PBLs) to increase the competitiveness of Australian industry, by encouraging involvement in major investment projects and global supply chains, and lower indus...
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Australian Industry Participation agreement
On 27 April 2001, the Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, and State and Territory Industry Ministers, signed the Australian Industry Participation Framework at a meeting of industry ministers in Adelaide.It provides, for the first time, a unified national appr...
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Heavy Engineering and Infrastructure Action Agenda
Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin launched the Heavy Engineering & Infrastructure Action Agenda on 7 May 2001 in South Australia.The Commonwealth Government has provided $500,000 to enable the industry to implement the Heavy Engineering and Infrastructure Action Agen...
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Energy in WA conference 2001
The Energy in Western Australia 2001 Conference will be the fourth in a series which have been organised by the Office of Energy in association with the Australian Institute of Energy since 1996.The main aim of the Conference is to disseminate energy information to the widest audience possible, at a...
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Utility conferences in Melbourne
Three separate conferences on national utilities are to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre from 24 to 26 July.The National Power, Water and Gas conferences will feature a range of speakers.To register, or obtain a copy of the respective event programs:
Call (02) 9210 5777
Fax: (02) 9221 77...
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Harness the flow for your research
Many organisations in the private and public sectors have research needs which are not being met, or are proving excessively expensive.The Co-operative Education for Enterprise Development (CEED) program at The University of Western Australia provides easy access to the University’s research capabil...
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