Sweetwater gas-to-liquids project
Syntroleum Corporation recently announced that its Syntroleum Sweetwater Operations Ltd. (SSOL) subsidiary has completed an agreement for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of its Sweetwater gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant with the German engineering firm of Tessag Industrie Anlagen GmbH...
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Boost for Burrup infrastructure and State exploration
The Government said it will inject further funds into the development of multi-user infrastructure on the Burrup Peninsula, as major projects for the area come on-line and into the Geological Survey of WA.State Government funding for the Burrup infrastructure funding would almost double from $34 mil...
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Major residential land release in Karratha
The first lots of a major residential development in Karratha are now on sale.Preliminary work has begun to provide an extra 2000 residential lots, as well as accommodation for 950 transient workers in Karratha in the near future.The State Government said this substantial land release would help add...
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Jervoise Bay Project
The successful tenderer for the civil and marine construction works contract for Australian Marine Complex project at Jervoise Bay is now likely to be announced in the last week of September 2001.The contract is to construct the 39-hectare common user area and 3000 tonne and 15,000 tonne load-out wh...
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Goongarrie Nickel Project
Heron Resources Limited has received a major endorsement for its Goongarrie Nickel Project in the eastern goldfields following a recent cash injection in the company of $3 million from an US-based private equity fund.Heron said it now looks forward to advancing Goongarrie to full-scale production st...
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Electrofuel Project, HiTec Energy Ltd
Extensive testing has proved that HiTec Energy’s Electrofuel (TM) Process will produce Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) that meets the stringent specifications demanded by battery manufacturers worldwide. Samples of high quality EMD are now being dispatched to battery manufacturers to allow them...
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Kirkalocka gold project
Equigold NL has acquired the Kirkalocka gold project from Sons of Gwalia Limited. The Kirkalocka project is about 70 km south of Mount Magnet in WA’s Murchison region. The project is reported to contain an inferred gold resource of 7,400,000 tonnes at a grade of 2.2g/t for 520,000 ounces.Equigold NL...
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Cosmos Deeps Project, northern goldfields
Jubilee Mines NL said work on the underground mine for the Cosmos Deeps deposit beneath its Cosmos Nickel Mine in the northern goldfields was due to start later this year.The Cosmos Nickel Mine produced 59,786 tonnes of nickel concentrate for contained metal of 11,119 tonnes for the year to 30 June ...
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New nickel recovery process project: Jervois Mining
Melbourne-based Jervois Mining has started technical feasibility work on a new process to recover nickel, cobalt and scandium by acid leach without pressurisation.This new process has the potential to improve the economics of nickel/cobalt recovery from most nickel and cobalt bearing laterites, but ...
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Remote private power generation, Mid-West region
The State Government has signed an agreement with StateWest Power Pty Ltd to supply lower cost electricity to Western Power in the Mid-West region.The agreement is worth $60 million over the 10-year contract period.StateWest Power will build small-scale diesel fired power stations supplying Meekatha...
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Derby tidal study starts
The State Government has commissioned sustainable energy provider Hydro Tasmania to study tidal technologies suitable for Derby.Energy Minister Eric Ripper said while the Government had been advised that it was unable to escape an 18-year contract entered into by the previous Government for the supp...
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Patricia-Baleen Project, Gippsland Basin Vic
Perth-based OMV Australia and joint partner Diamond Gas Resources have started development of the Patricia-Baleen gas field in the Gippsland Basin offshore Victoria.Tenders for an onshore Engineering Procurement Contractor (EPC) will close 24 September 2001.Tenders for the issue of operations and ma...
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Bassgas Project, Bass Strait Vic
The Federal Government has granted the BassGas Project, the proposed $400 million development of the Yolla gas field in Bass Strait off the Victorian Coast, Major Projects Facilitation status.Major Project Facilitation Status means that Invest Australia, Australia’s national investment agency, will ...
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Roe Highway extension project
The start of major earthworks on the Roe Highway extension between Welshpool Road and Nicholson Road began with a commemorative dig at the Kenwick Link interchange on Monday 24 August.The highway is expected to be complete to the Kenwick Link by December 2002, with the section to Nicholson Road foll...
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Westralia Square development
Construction on the planned $300 million office and apartment complex at the vacant Westralia Square site in St Georges Terrace is likely to begin before 2002.Consultants for the proponent lodged development applications with the Perth City Council in late August, and are optimistic about approvals ...
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Plan to stimulate development
The State Government has launched two initiatives to stimulate investment in industry and resource development in WA.The Government’s announcement formed part of a strategic framework for industry development, called BUILDING WA - A Strategic Partnership.Approvals process for major projectsThe Gover...
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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. M...
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