Opportunities for suppliers with desalination project (28 Sept 04)
The go-ahead for the major desalination plant to be built at Kwinana was announced in July. Work on the $350 million project is now underway. The plant will be built and owned by the Water Corporation and will provide an additional 45 gigalitres of water into the Integrated Scheme, or an additional ...
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Laverton Power Station seeking suppliers (28 Sept 04)
The $150 million construction of Laverton Power Station in Victoria, to be constructed and operated by Snowy Hydro Limited, will provide power generation to the Victorian electricity grid during periods of high electricity demand.
The open cycle peaking power station of about 300 MW will help Vict...
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Western Power ready for summer (28 Sept 04)
Western Power has released the Summer Outlook, which defines how expected demand will be met with available generation and also provides a measure of the reserve generating capacity required to secure power supplies over the next two years.
Western Power’s managing director said they have put in pl...
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Joint venture to develop mines in MidWest (28 Sept 04)
Mount Gibson Iron Limited (MGI) has announced that it will sell its 5,825 million shares (54 per cent) holding in Asia Iron Pty Ltd (AIPL) to Asia Iron Holdings Limited for $7.5 million. Asia Iron Holdings in currently negotiating a joint venture with the Nanjing Iron & Steel Group, a major stee...
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Feasibility study at Mt Deans extended (28 Sept 04)
Tantalum Australia NL has announced a significant zone of pegmatites in the Western Lode system at Mt Deans, 7 km south of Norseman. As a result of this discovery, the feasibility timeframe has been extended to incorporate the assessment of this near surface potentially pittable mineralisation.
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Sherlock secures underwriter (28 Sept 04)
The Sherlock Bay Nickel Project can go ahead earlier than expected, after Sherlock Bay Nickel Corporation secured an underwriter for a $15 million finance facility.
On 16 September, Sherlock Bay announced the completion of a bankable feasibility study of the project. It now anticipates moving to f...
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Exploration commences at Splinter Project (28 Sept 04)
Nickel Australia has commenced an intensive exploration program on its 100 per cent owned Splinter Project in WA. Nickel Australia will initially target a major gold-in-calcrete anomaly with exploration activities underway leading to aircore and possible deeper RC and / or diamond drilling in the la...
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Study confirms Fortnum Gold Project (28 Sept 04)
Gleneagle Gold Limited has confirmed the viability of the Fortnum Gold Project and has defined a timeline to first production.
Key findings of the study include a treatment plant recommissioning cost of approximately $1 million, an assumed production rate of some 60,000 to 70,000 ounces per annum ...
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Jubilee signed on at Acra (28 Sept 04)
Jubilee Mines NL has accepted a share and option package in Pioneer Nickel Limited and to enter into an exploration joint venture on the Acra project, adjacent to Jubilee’s 60 per cent owned Emu Lake high-grade nickel sulphide project near Kalgoorlie.
Jubilee is to manage a two-stage joint venture ...
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Reliance and Gold Fields sign deal (28 Sept 04)
Reliance Mining Limited and St Ives Gold Mining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gold Fields Limited, have reached agreement for Reliance to mine gold underground at the Beta Hunt Project.
In addition, Reliance has also secured exclusive rights to explore for and to acquire nickel down plunge...
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Ramelius to commence Wattle Dam studies (28 Sept 04)
Mining and Metallurgical studies are to commence immediately at Ramelius’ 7800N prospect at Wattle Dam near Coolgardie, WA. A decision about mining is expected to be made by the end of October 2004.
Ramelius Resources identified a total resource of 155,000 tonnes at 3.3 g/t gold (cut) for 16,500 o...
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Berkeley invests in China (28 Sept 04)
Berkeley Resources Limited have acquired an interest in a joint venture covering eight gold exploration projects in the Muping-Rushan gold belt in the Eastern Jiadong Peninsula in Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China.
The joint venture partner, the 3rd Geological Brigade of Shandong Bureau...
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LionOre’s HDP success in Botswana (28 Sept 04)
LionOre’s Activox Hydromettalugical Demonstration Plant, designed and constructed in Perth, WA by LionOre’s 80 per cent owned subsidiary, Western Minerals Technology is now fully operational and performing above expectations producing nickel and copper metals as well as cobalt at LionOre’s Tati Nick...
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Kimberly Oil to spend $3 million on exploration (28 Sept 04)
Kimberly Oil NL and Golden Dynasty Resources Ltd of Canada have entered into an option agreement which could see up to $3 million expended on Exploration Permit 129 and Production Permits L6 and L8, located about 70 km east of Derby.
It could also see a further $500,000 expended on Kimberly Oil’s ...
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Great Artesian steps up activity (28 Sept 04)
A capital-raising of $4 million made by Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited will enable the oil and gas explorer to progress its Smegsy gas field in South Australia’s Cooper Basin to early production and to increase other exploration activity.
During the coming quarter Great Artesian plans:
testi...
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Nexus Energy acquires data in Bonaparte Basin (28 Sept 04)
Nexus Energy Limited has advised that the acquisition of 3,300 km of 2D seismic data utilising marine vessel Pacific Sword has commenced in the petroleum exploration permit NT/P66 in the Bonaparte Basin. The acquisition of this seismic data is a crucial step in maturing prospects for drilling.
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LNG signs MOI(28 Sept 04)
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Intent with a major Indian industrial group for the 15-year supply of up to 365,000 tonnes per annum (1,00 tonnes per day) of liquefied natural gas to the customer’s operations in Southern India.
This new customer takes LNG ...
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Nido and Elixir offered North Sea licences (28 Sept 04)
Two Australian petroleum companies have successfully bid in the 22nd Licensing Round for several licences in the North Sea.
Through local partnerships, both companies applied for a number of blocks in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), under the UK Department of Trade & Industry’s (DTI) Promote ...
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Mermaid and Toll agreement (28 Sept 04)
Mermaid Marine and Toll Energy Logistics have signed an MOU to pursue common business interests in the offshore oil and gas regions of North West Australia.
The joint venture will utilise common competencies and assets when bidding for large projects.
Toll has extensive land-based and stevedoring ...
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BGC awarded another contract with Burrup (28 Sept 04)
BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has been awarded another contract with Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd at their ammonia plant at Karratha.
The new Transport and Logistics package contract involves handling, warehousing and transporting the mechanical components, piping, processing vessels and structural steel f...
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Barclay to join Fortescue on Pilbara rail project (28 Sept 04)
Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s massive construction group, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) to build in joint venture the railway component of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd’s $1.85 billion Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project.
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REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events (28 Sept 04)
The following events have been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail / on-line version of each REPS newsletter.
Event: BCSE Mandated Renewable Energy Target Half Day Briefings
Venue: Brisbane: 5 October 2004
Sydney: 6 October 2...
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Free news delivery service tailored to your interests (28 Sept 04)
If you’d prefer to receive smaller bursts of information, relevant to your particular business or industry, CCI’s news customisation service could be the answer.
The new service is available free of charge to all CCI members and allows you to login via our website and select the topics for which yo...
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