Contracts up for grabs in $35 million Geraldton Port upgrade (28 Jul 2006)
Opportunities for companies to participate in the $35 million upgrade of the Geraldton Port will be posted on the Geraldton Port Authority (GPA) website.
The GPA has engaged Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd to undertake engineering, procurement and construction management services for the project.
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Gunns submits IIS to develop $1.4 billion pulp mill (28 Jul 2006)
Gunns Limited has submitted an Integrated Impact Statement (IIS) to the Australian and Tasmanian Governments to gain approvals for the construction and operation of a $1.4 billion pulp mill in northern Tasmania.
The IIS, which was prepared by Gunns Limited with input from GHD and Poyre Engineering,...
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FMG signs deal with Leucadia (28 Jul 2006)
Leucadia National Corporation has invested $536 million in Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) bringing FMG closer to securing debt finance for its $2.5 billion project in the Pilbara.
Leucadia committed more than $400 million for a 10 per cent stake in FMG and also agreed to invest $134 million in unsecu...
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Heron divests iron ore to Polaris (28 Jul 2006)
Heron Resources has reached an agreement with Polaris Metals NL to sell off its iron ore projects.
The divestment of Heron’s substantial iron ore portfolio meets the company’s corporate strategy of consolidating its tenement portfolios and focusing on the development of key nickel assets, including...
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Conquest strikes at Mt Carlton (28 Jul 2006)
Conquest Mining Ltd has made a significant geological discovery resulting in an upgrade of resources at its Mt Carlton Project, located 135km east of the Charters Towers Goldfield in Queensland
Conquest has upgraded the total resource to 308,000 ounces of gold, 13.2 million ounces of silver an...
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More nickel for Jubilee (28 Jul 2006)
Drilling exploration has seen Jubilee Mines add another 19,000 tonnes of nickel to its Prospero deposit near the Cosmos operation in WA.
The discovery has increased the resource tonnes at Prospero by 46 per cent with a 31 per cent increase in contained nickel metal. Prospero is now estimated to con...
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Northwest discovers Blue Spec potential (28 Jul 2006)
Northwest Resources has discovered a high-grade gold shear at its Blue Spec Shear gold-antimony project in WA.
The new gold shear, the Red Ribbon, runs parallel to the previously discovered Blue Spec Shear and was found after detailed structural mapping, rock chip and soil sampling.
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Tiwi Islands Project gets green light (28 Jul 2008)
Matilda Minerals Ltd has been given approval by the Commonwealth Government to mine mineral sands at Andranangoo Creek West and Lethbridge Bay West, located 100km north of Darwin in NT.
Matilda Minerals has also submitted a Mining Management Plan (MMP) to the Department of Primary Industry, Fisheri...
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Transportable biodiesel refinery unveiled at Henderson (28 Jul 2006)
The world's first transportable biodiesel refinery has been unveiled at the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) at Henderson.
The $11 million plant, built by Natural Fuels Australia Limited for its biodiesel facility in Darwin, has been fabricated and assembled as a stand-alone module by the Ausclad Gr...
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Santos announces $474 million Delhi acquisition (28 Jul 2006)
Santos has increased its stake in the Cooper Basin oil and gas fields through the $474 million acquisition of Delhi Petroleum Pty Limited.
The acquisition includes Santos securing the equity in the Delhi Group of Companies and the Floating Interest Energy Link D Securities (FIELDS) issued by t...
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Power plant set for Dongara (28 Jul 2006)
General Electric International (GE) has agreed to a $100 million contract from Eneabba Gas to develop the 168MW gas-fired Centauri-1 power plant near Dongara in WA.
GE will undertake a turnkey project, which includes the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the nominal four-unit g...
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McDermott Industries awarded $200m Angel contract (28 Jul 2006)
Woodside Petroleum has awarded a $200 million contract to McDermott International Australia for substructure and pipelay installation at the Angel gas platform.
Details of the contract:
• Transporting a 7,500 tonne jacket and piles by barge from a fabrication yard in China ...
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Cool Energy develops new gas technology (28 Jul 2006)
Cool Energy is developing a new gas sweetening technology called CryoCell that is a cheaper and environmentally friendly alternative to removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas streams.
The CO2 is removed as a liquid, which can be readily used for geosequestration or miscible flood enhanced o...
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REPS Directory: Focus on water (28 Jul 2006)
Increased market demand for water and reduced availability in many parts of WA will drive the continued improvements in managing water resources and provide solutions to ensure greater security and access to water in the future.
The 2007 REPS Western Australian Resource Development Services Directo...
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