Australian Marine Complex business breakfast
Ministers and business leaders will be speaking on the Australian Marine Complex at Jervoise Bay at a business breakfast at the Novotel Langley Perth on 25 July 2002.State Development Minister Clive Brown will provide the latest information on progress of the $200 million project and the industry op...
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Co-generation project with Alcoa
AlintaGas Limited (Alinta) and Alcoa World Alumina Australia (Alcoa) plan to invest about $1 billion for up to 10 co-generation plants at Alcoa’s alumina refineries in WA.Alinta recently announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa to jointly develop the plants.If approved, the co-generation p...
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Esperance power station gets green light
Gas from the Pilbara in the north is set to reach the State’s far south following recent announcement of the construction of a 330km gas pipeline to fuel a new gas-fired power station in Esperance.Energy Minister Eric Ripper has signed off on a series of agreements that will see work start early nex...
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Changes to Ravensthorpe project out for comment
An environmental review on Ravensthorpe Nickel Operations’ proposed nickel project, 35 km east of Ravensthorpe is under Public Environmental Review (PER) to 5 August.The project received an initial environmental approval on 4 June 1999.Changes to the project since then include, among others: inclusi...
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Big plans for Olympic Dam upgrade
Western Mining Corporation (WMC) is investigating a major step change in the operation of the Olympic Dam copper mine in SA to lift production to at least 350,000 tonnes of copper a year.The company is increasing copper production capacity to an annual 235,000 tonnes.WMC already has environmental au...
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Native title agreement - Koolyanobbing region
Portman Limited has achieved a milestone for its proposed $100 to $110 million expansion of the Koolyanobbing iron ore operation after securing native title agreement.Portman has secured a key native title agreement with two overlapping claimant groups, over the tenements to the north of its Koolyan...
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Big response to exploration inquiry
An inquiry into exploration in WA has received a significant response from the community and industry.The Bowler Inquiry, which was set up by State Development Minister Clive Brown, has received 36 submissions and will now be analysed to help identify strategies to improve exploration expenditure le...
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Geophysical survey: West Musgrave and Tanami
Geoscientists will soon have a better understanding of two of the State’s most remote prospective regions, according to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ Geological Survey.The two regions where new geoscientific data will be collected are the Musgrave Complex - located near the trip...
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Mining tenement fee increases
From 1 July 2002 tenement rentals and application fees were increased in line with the CPI rise.For more information, click here in the e-mail / on-line version of this REPS Newsletter.Alternatively, follow these links: http://www2.dme.wa.gov.au/index.htmlContact: Information ServicesDepartment of M...
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NWS venture sells LNG spot cargo
The North West Shelf LNG Sellers have signed sales and purchase agreements with BP Gas Marketing for the supply of 125,000 cubic metres of LNG. The LNG cargo was loaded on 9 July 2002 from the North West Shelf’s LNG loading facilities in Whitnell Bay, WA. BP will deliver the cargo to a LNG receiving...
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Repeat business for BGC at Woodside
Woodside Energy Limited has awarded WA-based BGC Contracting the Trunkline Onshore Terminal (TOT) site preparation works contract, part of the LNG expansion project, valued at $12 million, for completion in 30 weeks.Work will start early July 2002 and comprise:90,000 tonne of rock crushed and placed...
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Timing for Woodside Projects
Woodside Energy Limited has released the following development schedules for proposed projects over the next five years.
Timing for Woodside projects
Project
Select
Develop
Produce
Ohanet gas / liquids
achieved
achieved
late 20...
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PNG gas project advances
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) gas project owners group recently met to formally review the viability of the PNG gas project and have unanimously agreed to continue to advance the project towards a development decision.This decision is based on detailed analysis of the opportunity for gas sales in Queen...
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$3 billion LNG plant for Wickham Point, NT
Phillips Petroleum is seeking approval to establish a 10 million tonnes per year (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing plant at Wickham Point on the East Arm Peninsula of Darwin harbour.The project is worth about $3 billion.The company issued a Public Environmental Report (PER) in March 2002...
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Enertrade wins $500 million package in Queensland
Enertrade is the preferred developer for a $500 million power infrastructure package in North and Central Queensland.Enertrade was the preferred developer for a new pipeline sourcing coal seam methane from the Bowen Basin, plus a base-load gas-fired power station at Yabulu, near Townsville.The propo...
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South Australia’s first wind farm underway
Construction is underway on South Australia’s first wind farm project – the Starfish Hill Wind Farm – on coastal hills north of Cape Jervis. Tarong Energy is developing the $100 million project. The wind farm will generate up to 34.5 megawatts of electricity from its 23 wind turbines. This capacity ...
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Cockburn Sound dredging program rejected
Environment and Heritage Minister Judy Edwards has rejected Cockburn Cement’s dredging program proposal to dredge 168.5ha of sea grass in the Owen Anchorage, instead limiting the company to just 53ha.The decision followed a community appeals period, which expressed concern regarding the proposal and...
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Guides to preparing Australian Participation Plans (AIP)
The Industrial Supplies Office of Western Australia (ISO) is drafting a guide to preparing Australian Industry Participation Plans.The aim of the AIP plan is to develop a strategy to ensure capable Australian industry is provided with full, fair and reasonable opportunity to participate in major pro...
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REPS Major WA Projects List – June 2002
The REPS Major WA Projects List – June 2002 is now available on-line.The REPS Major WA Projects List – June 2002 lists 89 major projects in WA either under consideration or committed.To download the list click here in the e-mail / on-line version of this REPS newsletter.Alternatively, follow these l...
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Advertising space available
Join the growing list of advertisers who have already booked their advertising space on the 2003 Resource Development Services Directory to be published in January.Add value to your company listing with a display advert in the hard copy version of our next edition.For further details contact Glenn C...
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Industry events calendar
To access the REPS Industry Events Calendar, click here in the e-mail / on-line version of this REPS Newsletter....
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