Mid West Iron and Steel Project
The Industrial Supplies Office of Western Australia (ISOWA) is working very closely with the Kingstream project team with the purpose of maximising Australian industry participation in the Mid West Iron and Steel project.
On behalf of the project proponents, ISOWA has prepared a recent data sheet u...
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Gas to liquids project
US-based company Syntroleum Sweetwater LLC is investigating the feasibility of constructing a natural-gas-to-liquids (synthetic crude oil) plant on the Burrup Peninsula, in the south-west corner of the King Bay/Hearson Cove industrial area.
Definitive cost estimates for plant development are not y...
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Highway nickel project
Golden State Resources (GSR) has announced resource calculations from the first round of drilling at the Highway laterite project, a joint venture between the company and Helix Resources.
Using a 0.5 per cent nickel cut-off, inferred resources were estimated to be 22 million tonnes at 0.8 per cent ...
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Mt Kilkenny nickel project
GME Resources said recent drilling at its Mt Kilkenny nickel project had trebled the laterite nickel resource.
Total resources have increased to 40 million tonnes at 1.03 per cent nickel and 0.08 per cent cobalt. The resources are within a 35-kilometre radius of Anaconda Nickel’s Murrin Murrin nick...
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Telfer gold mine
Newcrest Mining is currently running two pre-feasibility studies into the expansion of the current open pit and to access a deeper lode at its Telfer gold mine.
At present, Telfer comprises a large open-pit operation with a small underground mine below. The current CIL treatment plant has a capacit...
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Nullagine gold project
In late 1998 Welcome Stranger Mining (WSM) revised down the resource for its Golden Eagle prospect at the Nullagine gold project.
The measured resource was calculated as 1.54 million tonnes grading 1.91 g/t for 106,229 ounces of gold, the indicated resource was 4,262 tonnes at two g/t for 274 ounce...
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Kanowna Belle gold mine
Delta Gold and North Ltd, joint owners of the Kanowna Belle gold mine near Kalgoorlie, said they would continue the development of the underground mine via truck haulage.
The capital cost savings against the shaft haulage option, which would have cost approximately $100 million, total in excess of ...
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Lake Chander alunite project
Welcome Stranger Mining’s May 1999 Quarterly Report said negotiations were being held with a company interested in funding pilot scale testwork, which is needed to confirm the earlier laboratory testing that showed the technical feasibility of the process flow sheet.
If developed, the $10-12 millio...
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Pilbara support base capability directory
A directory compiled by the Western Australian Industrial Supplies Office (ISOWA) into the Pilbara’s expanding capability as a support base for the region’s minerals and petroleum industries has been released.
The Pilbara Region Industry Capability Directory provides a comprehensive overview of the...
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AlintaGas sale
WA’s gas utility, AlintaGas, is to be sold by way of a cornerstone Initial Public Offering (IPO).
The method will involve the selling by competitive tender of a maximum of 49 per cent of AlintaGas to a trade purchaser, followed by the State implementing an IPO for the remaining ownership interest -...
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Petrel/Tern gas fields, NT/WA
An update on the status of the Petrel/Tern gas fields, owned by Santos (operator), Bonaparte Gas and Oil and Boral Energy Bonaparte, was given in the report entitled Opportunities for Timor Sea Gas in Northern Territory & Queensland, released in June 1999.
Located 60 kilometres apart and 250 kilome...
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Chariot gold deposit, NT
Pacific Mining Corporation (PacMin) said drilling results from its joint venture with Normandy Mining at Tenant Creek had delineated a high-grade gold deposit, (Chariot deposit) from close to surface to a current depth of 250 metres. The mineralisation remains open at depth and along strike.
Drilli...
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Weipa kaolin project, Qld
Comalco and JM Huber Corporation of the United States have signed an agreement enabling Huber to conduct a detailed feasibility study on the viability of restarting Comalco’s kaolin operations at Weipa, which are currently on care and maintenance.
The initial phases of the study will include the re...
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Chatree gold project, Thailand
Preliminary Mining Schedule
A new mining/processing schedule for Pits C/H and D at Kingsgate Consolidated’s Chatree gold project was completed by Australian Mine Design and Development (AMDAD) in early June.
The economic and technical parameters used were defined by the project testwork and from ...
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Mehdiabad zinc-lead project, Iran
Union Mining said its 50 per cent-owned joint venture, Union Itok International AG (UII), signed a joint venture agreement with the General Iranian Mining Company (GIMCO) relating to further exploration, feasibility studies and the ultimate development of the Mehdiabad Zinc-Lead deposit in Central I...
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