Take advantage of the 2005 South West Focus (29 Jul 04)
In the 2005 edition of the REPS WA Resource Development Services Directory there will be a South West WA Focus in the editorial section.
It will provide an overview of the resource, infrastructure and industrial developments in the South West, ranging from port and rail expansions to alumi...
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$250 million Worsley Alumina - Development Capital Projects (29 Jul 04)
The Worsley alumina refinery, located 189 km south-east of Perth is to undergo a number of smaller capital upgrades.
Being a brownfield development, much of the work to be undertaken relates to modifications, additions, and upgrades to existing facilities. There are a large number of tie-i...
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Breakaway widens Kambalda nickel study (29 Jul 04)
Feasibility studies into mining Breakaway Resources’ WA nickel deposits have been widened following a 33 per cent resource increase in ore of the project’s ore bodies.
Breakaway Resources has announced that feasibility studies on the company’s Kambalda West project would examine the co-development ...
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JV to develop and explore the Nepean nickel project (29 Jul 04)
Austminex Limited has announced the formation of a joint venture with Consolidated Minerals Limited over the Nepean nickel project, consisting of mining lease 15/576, upon which the existing Nepean nickel mine is situated and surrounding exploration licence 15/238.
The agreement with CML will allow...
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Shallow high grades zones defined at Toms (29 Jul 04)
Results from Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling at the Toms Project, located approximately 1 km east of the Fortnum treatment plant, have highlighted potential extensions to the current resource (120,000 tonnes at 1.9g/t for 7,500 ounces).
Gleneagle Gold Limited has now received all results ...
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Comet Vale mineral resource and project update (29 Jul 04)
RSG Global has completed a re-evaluation of the Mineral Resource for the SG1 and SG2 lodes at the Sand George prospect, with inclusion of the results of the step-out drilling undertaken during May-June 2004.
The revised combined Mineral Resource in the SG1 and SG2 lodes is now estimated to ...
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Increasing potential for large open pit (29Jul 04)
Agincourt Resources Ltd has announced that the Williamson Prospect on Lake Way is firming up as a significant open pit oxide ore source located only 15 km from the company’s Wiluna plant.
This follows strong RC drilling results including 53 m @ 3.97 g/t, 16 m @ 8.0 g/t and 20 m @ 4.4 g/t. ...
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Significant gold intercepts at Tom’s Gully (29 Jul 04)
Renison Consolidated Mines NL has advised significant gold intercepts from a further 10 drill holes of the drilling program currently being undertaken at the company’s Tom’s Gully project in the Northern Territory.
Drill hole TGD355A intercepted 1.0m at 21.1g/t gold from 176.1m, TGD360 inte...
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Major contract awarded to Monadelphous (29 Jul 04)
Monadelphous Group Ltd has announced that the company has been successful in securing further work associated with iron ore expansions in the Pilbara region of WA.
The latest contract awarded the company is valued at approximately $50 million and is scheduled for completion in the first qu...
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Exploration program set to unlock billions (29 Jul 04)
The Gallop Government’s $12 million hi-tech airborne geological survey program will unlock billions of dollars in natural resources and create new jobs and opportunities for current and future generations of West Australians, according to the government.
The four-year program was announced ...
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Clough tying up oil and gas contracts (29 Jul 04)
The Clough group has announced that it is finalising four oil and gas sector contracts in Australia, South East Asia and Europe worth a total of at least A$33 million.
Nexen Petroleum Australia has issued a Letter of Intent for the decommissioning of the Buffalo Field in the Timor Sea worth...
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Santos and ConocoPhillips in new Timor Sea exploration venture (29 Jul 04)
Santos Limited and ConocoPhillips, already joint venturers in the giant Bayu-Undan liquids and LNG projects, have joined forces to explore another Timor Sea prospect.
Santos announced that its subsidiary, Santos Offshore Pty Ltd, has concluded a farmout arrangement with ConocoPhillips’ subs...
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Santos divests interests in onshore Otway Basin
Santos Limited has agreed to sell its operated interests in the onshore Otway Basin in western Victoria to Origin Energy Resources Limited which interests are held through its wholly owned subsidiary Santos (BOL) Pty Ltd.
The sale includes a 90 per cent interest in the exploration permit EP...
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Construction and supply of multi-purpose field support vessel
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited has advised that the company has reached agreement with Apache Energy Limited (Apache) for Mermaid to construct and supply a new multi-purpose field support vessel for the provision of dive support, survey work and associated oil and gas related services for a period...
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Tender for conversion of Westralia replacement (29 Jul 04)
Defence plans to release a request for tender (RFT) for an extensive upgrade to the recently acquired commercial tanker which will replace the Royal Australian Navy’s ageing auxiliary oiler, HMAS Westralia.
The purpose of the conversion will be to modify the vessel so that it has the latest...
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Bremer Bay wind power gets go ahead (29 Jul 04)
Bremer Bay, on the WA south coast, will have electricity generated by the wind after funding was finalised on a Western Power project to build a single, 600 kW wind turbine at the town, 400 km south-east of Perth.
Announcing the $5.2 million project, Energy Minister Eric Ripper said it was...
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$80 million for the Karratha-Tom Price Road (29 Jul 04)
Premier Geoff Gallop has announced that work on Stage Two of the Karratha-Tom Price Road would start next year.
Dr Gallop said $80 million had now been allocated in the 2004-05 State Budget for the 90 km section of road from Karratha to Curlewis.
Stage one, a 25 km section between...
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Leighton awarded $110 million contracts in the Philippines 929 Jul 04)
Leighton Contractors (Philippines) Inc has been awarded two contracts worth a total of $110 million for infrastructure construction and mining technical services at the Rapu Rapu polymetallic mine in the Philippines.
Under the infrastructure contract, Leighton will be responsible for the de...
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Desalination plant to become a vital source for state’s water supply (29 Jul 04)
Premier Geoff Gallop has announced that the state’s next major water source will be a desalination plant to be built at Kwinana.
Dr Gallop said work on the $350 million project would begin immediately to help secure future water supplies for Western Australia’s Integrated Water Supply Schem...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events (29 Jul 04)
The following events has been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail / on-line version of each REPS newsletter.
Event: Africa Downunder Conference
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