SRDC Manganese Project
Sovereign Resources, which is planning to build a $78 million, 15,000 tonnes per annum electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) plant, said it had entered into an Option Agreement with Consolidated Minerals to buy fine-grained ore from the latter’s Woodie Woodie manganese mine, about 400 kilometres from...
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East Kundana Gold Project
Gilt-Edged Mining (G-EM) released results from recent step-out and infill drilling at its East Kundana gold project, 25 kilometres west of Kalgoorlie.
Step-out drilling at Hornet/Rubicon returned results which included 16 metres at 48.08 g/t from 195 metres, 12 metres at 11.15 g/t from 130 metres, ...
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Menzies Gold Project
Golden State Resources said the latest drill results from the King Bore prospect at its Menzies gold project confirmed the presence of a significant gold mineralised system beneath 25 metres of cover.
The company said there was scope for the discovery of a significant gold resource at the prospect....
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Pinnacles Nickel Project
Kanowna Lights has engaged Perth-based Oretest to carry out metallurgical testwork as part of ongoing pre-feasibility studies on its Pinnacles laterite nickel project.
The company said drilling, geophysics and structural interpretation of the project had indicated that a series of structures exists...
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Canola Seed Crushing Plant
APBT Australia has committed to the implementation of phase two of its $17 million canola oil processing plant at Albany. The expansion will increase capacity from the original plan to build a 100,000 tonne interim facility and expand it later to 250,000 tonnes per annum.
APBT Project Manager Gary ...
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Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor
Transport Minister Murray Criddle has announced the go-ahead for the $87 million Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor, a plan to remove the existing railway line from the city’s foreshore and create a modern integrated transport route to the city.
Project construction is expected to begin towards ...
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AustralAsia Railway Project
The Asia Pacific Consortium has been chosen to build, own and operate the Adelaide to Darwin railway.
The consortium comprises Brown & Root Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd, incorporating Kinhill Pty Ltd, Hutchison Port Holdings and Genesee & Wyoming.
A negotiations phase to settle final detai...
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Eastern Gas Pipeline
Duke Energy said International (DEI) said the mainline construction contract for the $450 million Eastern Gas Pipeline was awarded to the Transfield/Willbros/Macmahon (TWM) joint venture.
The TWM join venture will start construction of the 795-kilometre pipeline in August, with gas flowing from the...
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Straw Pulp Mill, Vic
Arisa Ltd, an unlisted public company, is aiming to build a $115 million pulp mill near Horsham in country Victoria.
The mill would produce up to 38,000 tonnes of paper pulp annually from wheat straw sourced from farms in the Wimmera region.
The company is seeking to raise $5 million to fund engi...
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Ardlethan Tin Project, NSW
Marlborough Gold Mines has begun a full feasibility study on its Ardlethan tin project, 560 kilometres south-west of Sydney. The study is expected to be completed by year-end and the company hopes to commence tin production by 2000.
Drilling carried out earlier this year enabled the calculation of ...
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Marikana Platinum Project, South Africa
Aquarius Platinum’s Marikana platinum deposit is located 20 kilometres from Rustenburg and eight kilometres east of the company’s soon to be commissioned Kroondal platinum project.
Identified mineral resources
Aquarius said an updated resource statement for the project was prepared during the Marc...
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Defence Regional Briefing Program
Following the Defence Procurement Conference held in Canberra from 1-3 June 1999, the Department of Defence is holding a briefing for WA industry in Perth on 7 July 1999.
The briefing program will include speakers from the Defence Acquisitions Organisation, local defence-purchasing organisations, a...
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Major Resource and Energy Projects in WA
The June 1999 issue of the Major Resource and Energy Projects in WA is enclosed with this issue of REPS. The list provides the estimated capital cost and construction start and end dates for major WA resource, energy and associated infrastructure projects that are either under construction or consid...
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Young nickel project, NSW
Jervois Mining said drilling of nickeliferous lateries at Youing has broadly outlined three major bodies of mineralisation.Mineralisation is open in many directions and the deposits are estimated to contain the following tonnages:
Deposit
Tonnes
% Nil
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