New power plant, Kwinana Power Station
ALSTOM Power Limited, which won the competitive tender to supply and install a new, more efficient gas-fired power plant at Kwinana, will supply the GT13E2 gas turbine, a single steam turbine, two generators, an HRSG, transformers and balance of plant equipment.State Cabinet recently approved the $2...
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Exmouth power procurement process
The Office of Energy has released an information document for parties interested in supplying electricity to Western Power in Exmouth.The document – Information for Interested Parties – is an edited version of the Request for Proposal document that has recently been issued to the short-listed bidder...
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Ravensthorpe/Yabulu Nickel Project
BHP Billiton said it has postponed the completion date for its Ravensthorpe Nickel Project feasibility study to the last quarter of 2002 because it wants to pursue a more efficient processing option for the operation.President Nickel Operations (WA) Ken Hellsten said the merger of BHP and Billiton h...
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Argyle Diamond Mine
Argyle Diamond Mine is continuing to assess the merit of underground mining at its mine in the Kimberley, although conclusive results are not expected for about two years.Operations general manager Brendon Hammond said results from preliminary studies would determine whether or not Argyle would comm...
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Munni Munni JV’s platinum/palladium interests
The New Munni Munni Joint Venture of East Coast Minerals NL and Legend Mining Limited is now fast tracking its platinum and palladium interests on the Ferguson Reef, south of Karratha.Site works have started with the appointment of contractor BGC to prepare drill pad locations on JV ground adjacent ...
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Record ore production in WA in 2000
Western Australia produced a record 158 million tonnes (Mt) of iron ore in 2000, representing 34.2 per cent of world seaborne trade, according to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DME) latest report on the State’s iron ore industry.During the calender year 2000, the total value of ...
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North West Shelf LNG Expansion Project
The first pouring of concrete onsite at Woodside’s LNG Expansion Project on the Burrup Peninsula has begun.The contract for mechanical erection of steel piping and equipment is scheduled to be awarded in late October 2001 with work likely to start in March 2002.It was last reported in REPS that Thie...
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Enfield Oil Project, offshore North West Cape
Woodside Energy has submitted a location declaration to the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources for any potential development of the Enfield oil discovery offshore on the North West Cape.The licensing process for this permit is likely to take about two years; the timing is similar to the ...
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Simpson oil field development
Tap Oil Limited, which has a 12 per cent stake in the Simpson oil field development, said the project was on schedule for first oil in early November 2001.Simpson-3HTap reported on 30 August 2001 that the Simpson-3H development well reached total depth of 2848 metres measured depth. A total of 470 m...
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Sunrise Gas Project, Greater Sunrise gas fields
At a meeting on Tuesday 28 August 2001 in Singapore, Joint Venture participants in the Sunrise Gas Project agreed on a way forward that will enable critical decisions to be made on development of the Greater Sunrise gas fields by the end of October.Woodside Energy Ltd., operator of the gas fields, s...
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Mindarie Mineral Sands Project, SA
Southern Titanium NL is completing the final stages of work which is intended to lead to a call for tenders for the construction of mineral concentration, mineral separation and mining facilities for its proposed mineral sand mine at Mindarie in the South Australian sector of the Murray Basin.The co...
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Benambra Base Metals Project, Vic
Austminex has advised that a reopening study of the Benambra Mine 300km northeast of Melbourne was substantially complete.The main outstanding matters relate to the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) approval of the Company’s Workplan and the level of environmental bond...
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SASE demonstration pig iron plant, SA
Auiron Limited has announced plans to expand the iron smelting capacity in the South Australian Steel Project (SASE) demonstration pig iron plant at Whyalla, SA.The plan includes anticipated expenditures in two phases of:$1 million to enhance the coal drying capacity$4 million to double the gas off ...
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Synthetic rutile facility study, Murray Basin
Austpac Resources NL and Ticor Limited have commenced a study into the establishment of a synthetic rutile facility to upgrade ilmenite from the Murray Basin, Australia.The study is being conducted under the 50-50 Austpac-Ticor Joint Venture, executed in July 2000, for the worldwide application of A...
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Ardelthan Tin Project, NSW
Marlborough Resources NL (MBG) recently made the first shipment of tin concentrate from its new Ardlethan Tin Mine in NSW.This first shipment of 20 tonnes will be exported to Malaysian Smelting Corporation at Penang, Malaysia. All production from the new Ardlethan Tin Mine will be exported for smelt...
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Timber mill, south west
The Department of Planning and Infrastructure has engaged specialist rail consultant Ron Robertson to conduct a comparative assessment of the various options for the location of a proposed plantation timber mill in WA’s South-West.Mr Robertson will focus on the transport considerations of getting wo...
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Energy in WA Conference 2001
The Energy in WA Conference 2001 will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Perth from 18 to 19 September 2001.The Energy in Western Australia Conference will be the fourth in a series which have been organised by the Office of Energy in association with the Australian Institute of Energy since 1996. The p...
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