Enfield and Vincent Oil Developments
Woodside Petroleum has approved expenditure of $54.6 million to progress the development of the oil discoveries in Permit WA-271-P.
The approval follows the completion of screening studies that demonstrated a standalone field development of Enfield was likely to be commercially viable.
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Egret and Dixon Oil Discoveries
Woodside Energy has acquired the BP-Amoco’s rights to undeveloped oil discoveries and future oil discoveries in the North West Shelf Venture (NWSV) area.
Under the terms of the agreement, Woodside acquired BP’s 1/6 share of the reserves associated with the undeveloped Egret and Dixon oil discoverie...
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Ammonia-Urea Project/Ammonium Nitrate Plant
Thiess Contractors has agreed to subscribe for four million shares in Plenty River in two tranches.
The first tranche is being made immediately, while the second is contingent upon the execution of an agreement between the project participants to complete the ammonia-urea project’s bankable feasibi...
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Mungari East Gold Project
Dioro Exploration said that Mines and Resources Australia, as manager of the Mungari East joint venture between Dioro (49 per cent ) and Mines and Resources (51 per cent), completed an inferred resource estimate in relation to the Frog’s Leg prospect within the joint venture tenements.
The estimate...
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Dalgaranga Tantalum Project
Australasian Gold Mines (AGM) has been carrying out exploration at the Dalgaranga and Tantalus tantalum prospects, situated 28 kilometres apart, about 84 kilometres north-west of Mount Magnet.
The company said given the encouraging results recorded to date at both prospects, it had started a feasib...
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Oakajee Port
Resources Development Minister Colin Barnett said development of the Oakajee deepwater port moved a step closer with the Government including a new option in the port tendering process.
Announcement of the new option followed Cabinet’s agreement to consider funding the design and construction of th...
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Northam Bypass
Transport Minister Murray Criddle announced the names of three companies invited to prepare detailed proposals for the design and construction of the $40 million Northam Bypass project.
The successful companies, Thiess Contractors, BGC-Barclay Mowlem Joint Venture and Transfield Macmahon Joint Vent...
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Puffin Oil Field, NT
West Oil said preliminary interpretation of wireline logging run so far of the recently drilled Puffin-5 well, indicated that there was a nine-metre net oil column at the top of the K1a Sandstone reservoir.
It is interpreted that this sandstone has good porosity and is expected to have good permeab...
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Murray Basin Mineral Sands Project, Vic
The RZM/Cable Sands Group (“RZM”) and Sons of Gwalia Ltd (“Gwalia”) have announced the new name for the joint venture company formed to develop the Wemen Mine is Murray Basin Titanium Pty Ltd (MBT).
The Planning Permit and Subdivision Applications for the construction of a mineral separation plant ...
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Mindarie-Mercunda Minerals Sands Project, SA
Murray Basin Minerals said exploration drilling at the Amiens Strandline, north of Mindarie, identified a potentially significant extension to the strandline.
Mineralisation was encountered at a depth of approximately 19 metres. Assay results indicated an average heavy mineral grade of 6.08 per ce...
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Phillipson Coalfield, SA
AuIron Energy said a recent drilling program showed the five billion tonne Phillipson coalfield had the commercial potential to supply both its SASE pig iron project and local industry.
The program included drilling for large diameter core samples for smelting tests of the Ingomar coal deposit, whi...
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Dubbo Zirconia Project, NSW
Alkane Exploration said zirconia product ranging in quality up to 98.5 per cent and 99.1 per cent ZrO(2) (+HfO(2)) had been produced from laboratory scale testwork carried out over the last few months as part of the Dubbo zirconia project feasibility study.
Samples of these products are currently b...
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Lady Loretta Base Metals Project, Qld
Following the completion of a drill program, Buka Minerals announced details of an upgrade of more than 50 per cent in contained zinc metal to the mineral resource estimate at the Lady Loretta zinc-lead-silver deposit.
The total Mineral Resource at a Net Smelter Return (NSR) lower cut-off of US$35/...
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Hellyer Base Metals Project, Tas
Dominion Mining has withdrawn from the farm-in agreement with Western Metals on the Hellyer tailings project.
The company said that due to the refractory nature of the gold and silver, only a small proportion of these metals were recovered from the original Hellyer mining operations using conventio...
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Roche Mining Work Contract
Roche Mining has been awarded a $60 million underground mining contract by Gympie Gold to develop and operate the Lewis mine in south-east Queensland for an initial period of five years.
Based on exploratory developments, the Lewis mine is expected to increase Gympie Gold’s production to more than...
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Peabody Mining Services Work Contract
Peabody Mining Services has been awarded a $138 million contract by Newcrest Mining for underground development and production mining for the Ridgeway gold project in NSW.
The contract includes:
Trial mining works, from July 2000;
Capital development for construction, commencing when Developmen...
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