Ravensthorpe Nickel Project
QNI – now 100 per cent owner of the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project (RNP) – is seeking board approval later this month to proceed with a definitive bankable feasibility study for the project during
the remainder of 2001 and possibly into early 2002.
QNI’s other plans for the third quarter of 2001 are...
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Magnesia Project, Pilbara
Westmag Ltd has plans to develop a A$50 million magnesia operation in the Pilbara.
The company plans to develop a wet plant for the project in Port Hedland and a dry plant for dolime production at a proposed facility 100km north of Newman.
Westmag is in the middle of bankable feasibility study for...
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Electrofuel project, HiTec Energy Ltd
HiTec Energy’s first production run at its electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) Demonstration Plant based at Murdoch University has produced a total of 40kg of EMD at a rate of 4kg per day.
HiTec Energy said the demonstration plant met all operational and design requirements and process control was...
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Tidal power station, Derby
In the last edition of REPS it was revealed that Tidal Energy Australia has plans to develop a 100-MW tidal power station in Derby supplying power to Derby and a zinc refinery using a pressure leach-electro win process.
The Tidal Energy consortium, comprising Tidal Energy Australia and Leighton Con...
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New power tender process gives Collie equal chance
Deputy Premier and Energy Minister Eric Ripper recently announced the Gallop Government had revamped plans for a tender process to meet the future energy needs of Western Power and industry consumers.
Mr Ripper said the new tender process effectively gave Collie coal a fair opportunity to compete t...
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Wind farm planned for Oakajee
WA Government land developer LandCorp has called for Expressions of Interest for the
development of a wind farm on about 140ha of land within the buffer of the Oakajee Industrial Estate, 20kms north
of Geraldton.
The site, on the coastal escarpment of Oakajee, will be the first development in t...
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DBNGP corridor expansions
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has endorsed two separate proposals by the Gas Pipeline Sale Steering Committee, on behalf of the WA Government, to expand land corridors from the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP).
The EPA endorsed a proposal to expand the land corridor fo...
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Bunbury wastewater treatment plant
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said in a recent report that a proposal by the Water Corporation to construct an ocean outlet at the Bunbury wastewater treatment plant was capable of being managed in an environmentally
acceptable manner.
The Water Corporation plans to construct an oc...
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Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2, Kununurra
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has conditionally endorsed a proposal by Wesfarmers Sugar Company Pty Ltd, Marubeni Corporation and the Water Corporation to develop an export-based raw sugar industry on the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Plains, near Kununurra in the Kimberley region.
The...
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Cabinet approves new rail route
State Cabinet has approved a redirection of the rail line to Mandurah in the Perth Urban Rail Development project, bringing trains up the centre of the Kwinana Freeway, over the Narrows Bridge and underground through the CBD, linking up with the northern rail line at a central city station.
The $1....
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Titan acquires Kambalda nickel tenements
Titan Resources NL has successfully tendered for one of the four groups of tenements involved in the sale by WMC of some of its Kambalda nickel interests.
The property, known as the North Widgiemooltha Block, comprises 10 contiguous Mining Leases and three prospecting licences, and a mining lease a...
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Flinders Diamonds exploration activity
South Australian-based Flinders Diamonds Ltd plans to spend $900,000 over the next two years exploring for diamonds – subject to tenements being granted – in the Skeleton Flat area, 200kms south-west of the Argyle area.
The exploration is part of a proposed capital raising, public listing and drill...
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Tahmoor expansion, NSW
Scheduling of works for Austral Coal Ltd’s Tahmoor expansion has started with tenders issued for the acquisition of a new continuous miner and the refurbishment of the underground route for a 4000tph trunk conveyor belt system.
In-seam exploration of projected longwall panels in Tahmoor North has b...
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Clough wins A$86 million contract in India
The Clough Group has continued its push into the growing Indian oil and gas market, winning a A$86 million share of the contract for a gas field project development off the country’s west coast.
A consortium of Clough Engineering and Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea has been awarded a projec...
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Mermaid Marine wins contract from Apache Energy
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited has
won an $8 million contract from Apache Energy Limited to undertake offshore engineering works in the Carnarvon Basin
as prime contractor.
The work is to install offshore production facilities for the Simpson Oilfield, the scope for which includes:
installat...
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Dredging begins at Jervoise Bay
Dredging and reclamation works have begun at the Australian Marine Complex at Jervoise Bay, south of Fremantle.
Dredeco, the Australian subsidiary of the Belgian company, Dredging International, recently won the $10 million contract for the work, which involves the removal of silt, clay and siliceo...
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Patrol boats tender floated
The Federal Government has announced a Request For Tender for replacements of 15 aging Fremantle class patrol boats – a project worth up to $450 million to Australian Industry.
The Fremantle class patrol boats have provided almost a quarter of a century of service to Australia, but are becoming inc...
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Broome International Airport relocation
Broome International Airport chief executive Ron Buckey said plans to relocate the airport will depend on the outcome of a court decision in mid-November on native title issues on the proposed site about 12km north-east of Broome before the A$40 million project can proceed.
The Environmental Protec...
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Review of Main Roads WA’s privatised road contracts
The State Government has initiated a review headed by Dr Ken Michael into the impact of the privatisation of road construction and maintenance in WA.
The Government initiated the review amid complaints from small and regional businesses which traditionally sub-contracted to Main Roads WA but who we...
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Australia, Indonesia sign agreement on minerals, energy
Indonesia’s Research and Development Agency for Energy and Mineral Resources and the CSIRO have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to boost research and development in the mineral exploration and energy sectors.
The MOU will expand CSIRO’s bilateral R&D collaboration with Indonesia from the minin...
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Boost for WA regional renewable energy program
Regional WA will receive an additional $18 million boost to help reduce the cost of running diesel generators and to move to renewable energy.
The joint Commonwealth/State Renewable Remote Power Generation Program will provide funding for renewable energy projects in regional WA over the next
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Good Oil Conference, Fremantle
The Oil & Gas Gazette is presenting a two-day conference and forum at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle from 17 to 18 September 2001 on risk management, company promotion and farm-out opportunities in the oil and gas industry.
The program will include presentations from local and overseas oil and ga...
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Shell chief to speak in Perth on gas
Shell Development Australia chief executive Alan Parsley is to speak at a luncheon at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth on Tuesday 7 August on new Shell technologies to commercialise Australia’s gas resources.
His talk will focus on how Australia can meet the challenge of competing in the global gas mar...
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Free lecture from chief scientist
Australia’s chief scientist Dr Robin Batterham will discuss, at a free lecture in Claremont on Wednesday evening August 23, the chances of our nation changing to an innovative culture.
Dr Batterham was appointed chief scientist to the Australian Federal Government in May 1999 for a three-year part-...
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Advertising open for 2002 REPS Directory
Advertising space is now available in the 19th edition of the 2002 Western Australian Resource Development Services Directory to be published in January.
The directory is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive publications of companies involved in WA’s dynamic resource and energy sectors....
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