Nifty Copper Operation
Straits Resources has said it will purchase the Nifty copper operation, 1,250 kilometres north of Perth, from WMC Resources.
The mine operates at an annualised rate of approximately 16,500 tonnes of copper cathode in line with its design capacity.
Straits'' plan is to sustain cathode production at...
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Bulong Nickel Project
Resolute’s June 1998 Quarterly Report said its Bulong nickel project is 95 per cent complete and remains on schedule for practical completion during the September 1998 quarter.
Construction activity is focused on completing piping work and the progressive wet commissioning of the plant’s separate a...
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Indee Gold Project
Exploration has continued at Resolute''s Indee gold project, 60 kilometres south-west of Port Hedland.
The company’s June 1998 Quarterly Report reported additional high-grade mineralisation intersected at several prospects including:
Withnell prospect - 18 metres at five g/t gold and 14 metres a...
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Horan's Small Dam Gold Project
Yamarna Goldfields said a drilling program completed at the Horan''s Small Dam gold project, 14 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie, has returned significant gold intercepts.
Three new gold anomalies of substantial size, both in amplitude and width, have been located.
The company said the drill re...
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Oxychloride Plant Project
Hanwha Ceramics Australia, a subsidiary of Hanwha Corporation of South Korea, is investigating the feasibility of building a 5,000 tonnes per annum oxychloride plant, the first of its type in Australia.
The facility would be built at the East Rockingham Industrial Park where Hanwha already has a zi...
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Carbon Mill Upgrade
Australian International Carbon said it would raise $3.5 million to finance an upgrade and expansion of its activated carbon production and milling facilities.
AIC has produced granular activated carbon since February 1996 at its Narngulu plant near Geraldton, and powdered activated carbon by contr...
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Downstream Processing in Western Australia
The Department of Resources Development has released the 1998 edition of Downstream Processing in Western Australia, which indicates an estimated $33 billion worth of mineral and petroleum processing projects are committed or under consideration.
Major milestones in downstream processing in WA over...
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Henry Walker Contract
Henry Walker says it has won an $80 million underground mining contract to conduct mining at the Yilgarn Star gold mine for Orion Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sons of Gwalia.
The contract is for four years and is the largest underground mining contract won by Henry Walker to date.
Henry...
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Fertiliser Plant Project, Vic
BHP says it will begin a feasibility study with Incitec Limited into the viability of a fertiliser plant near Geelong based on gas from the BHP Petroleum-operated Minerva field, 10 kilometres off Port Campbell in south-west Victoria.
The feasibility study should take 12 to 18 months to complete and...
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Coliban Wastewater Project, Vic
Henry Walker has won a build-own-operate contract for wastewater treatment infrastructure in regional Victoria.
Under the contract with Coliban Water, a Victorian statutory regional water authority, Henry Walker will design, construct, operate and maintain a wastewater treatment plant and sewers in...
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Replacement Research Reactor, NSW
The New South Wales Industrial Supplies Organisation (ISO) Ltd has commenced negotiations to help the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) maximise Australian industry involvement in the Replacement Research Reactor project.
ANSTO has posted on its home page an expression ...
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Gawler Joint Venture, SA
Resolute’s March 1998 Quarterly Report said it is finalising opencut and underground mining scoping studies for the Challenger gold deposit.
Geotechnical diamond drilling for pit wall and underground stability studies has been completed.
Resolute said drilling during the quarter identified signifi...
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Yolla Gas Field, Tas
Boral Energy Resources said the recently completed drilling program in the Bass Strait confirmed volumes of between 450 and 600 billion cubic feet of liquids-rich gas in place in the Yolla field.
Boral Energy Managing Director Grant King said detailed engineering studies of various development opti...
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Macraes Gold Project, NZ
Macraes Mining Company said it had entered a Heads of Agreement to engage Minproc Limited as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Manager (EPCM) for designing and constructing the Macraes Recovery Enhancement Project - Stage one.
Macraes' Director Development Phil Earley said the Stage one...
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Laverton exploration joint venture
Metex Resources, manager of the Laverton Exploration Joint Venture, announced an updated resource figure (at a one g/t cut-off) of 5.55 million tonnes grading 3.6 g/t for 640,000 ounces for oxide gold deposits at Whisper, Rumour, Beasley Creek, Garden Well and Gladiator North.When calculated at 0.5 ...
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