Advertising booking deadline looms
Time is running out to book display advertising space (additional to your company listing) in the 2003 WA Resource Development Services Directory. The booking deadline for advertising is mid November.We have already had a strong response from companies wishing to advertise in the 20th annual edition...
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Electricity reform taskforce releases report and recommendations
Reform of WA’s electricity industry will set the scene for major reductions in the price of electricity and will attract new investment, promote strong economic growth and create thousands of new jobs.The final report of the Electricity Reform Task Force, the body charged with reviewing the WA elect...
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Power plant bids close
Western Power has begun assessing bids for a new peaking generation plant.When bids closed, nine companies and consortia had lodged proposals to build 240 megawatts (MW) of peaking plant in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).Western Power’s general manager, emerging business Peter Oates sai...
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Work to start on Esperance wind farm
Energy Minister Eric Ripper said that when the new wind farm of six turbines is completed in June 2003, more than 20 per cent of Esperance electricity would be clean, green, wind energy.Mr Ripper said Western Power would build the new $10.6 million wind farm - to be known as the Nine Mile Beach Wind...
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Indian Ocean territories power supply project
The Office of Energy (OOE) is undertaking a review of the existing power supply arrangements on Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS). Why are the power supply arrangements being reviewed? Currently, the power suppl...
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China LNG sales and purchase agreement signed
The participants of the North West Shelf Venture have signed the sales and purchase agreement with the companies comprising the Guangdong LNG project for the purchase and supply of liquefied natural gas from the NW Shelf in WA. The agreements were signed by the six NW Shelf LNG sellers and cover the...
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Australian companies win second trunkline contracts
Woodside Energy Ltd., on behalf of the NW Shelf Venture, has announced the award of two major contracts for the Venture‘s A$800 million second trunkline project.Thiess Pty Ltd has been awarded a contract in excess of A$10 million to supply gravity anchors to secure the trunkline to the sea-bed and B...
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Perth Urban Rail Development industry briefing
The WA Government Railways Commision invites interested construction industry parties to attend an industry briefing on the Perth Urban Rail Development Project on 8 November 2002. The briefing will include an overview of the following: Perth Urban Rail Development Supplementary Master Plancontract...
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United Group secures $45 million in new contracts
United Group has strengthened its railway manufacturing and maintenance business in Australia and South East Asia by securing two contracts valued at $45 million. The group has also been confirmed as selected tenderer on a third major contract. The projects were awarded to United Group’s 103-year ol...
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United Group secures $70 million Water Corporation alliance
Leading diversified services company United Group Limited has secured a five-year, $70 million alliance contract with the Water Corporation to provide operations and maintenance services for Perth’s southern metropolitan area, following an extensive public tendering process.The contract was awarded ...
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Thiess secures $90 million water alliance
Thiess Pty Ltd, in an alliance with the Water Corporation of WA, has been awarded a five-year, $90 million contract for the operation and maintenance of water, wastewater and drainage systems in Perth’s northern suburbs.Commencing on the 1 October 2002, the new subsidiary company, Swan Water Service...
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Mundaring water treatment plant and storage tanks report released
The Environmental Protection Authority has released its report and recommendations on the proposal by the Water Corporation to construct a water treatment plant in Mundaring and water storage tanks in Sawyers Valley. (Bulletin 1072-October 2002) The proposal The Water Corporation propose to construc...
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Leighton joint venture pushes Queensland project forward
The Aldoga aluminum project in Queensland took a significant step forward today with the signing of a joint venture agreement between Fluor Australia Pty Ltd and Leighton Contractors Pty Limited to form the Fluor-Leighton Aldoga joint venture.The joint venture is in the process of completing a feasi...
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AMC signs three-year 15,000 tonne contract
Australian Magnesium Corporation Limited has signed a three-year 15,000 tonne sales contract to supply pure magnesium to a major European metals group.AMC chief executive Rod Sharp said the contract with a key participant in the European metal market would commence in calendar year 2005 during the r...
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Work starts on $65 million AMC hydrochloric acid plant
Henry Walker Eltin has announced that its subsidiary Simon Engineering has been awarded a letter of intent for the design and construction of a hydrochloric acid plant for Australian Magnesium Corporation’s Stanwell Magnesium Project. Under the letter of intent from Australian Magnesium, Simon Engin...
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Magnesium International signs SA power deal
Magnesium International Limited (MIL) has signed the power supply contract for the SAMAG magnesium smelter at Port Pirie. The power provider, NRG Flinders, will supply the smelter from its Port Augusta power plant.Key elements of the contract are:15 year supply period 170MW nominal/190MW peak load s...
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Leighton Contractors win $170 million contract
Leighton Contractors has announced that BHP Billiton Iron Ore has awarded the company a new $170 million contract at its Yarrie-Nimingarra iron ore mining operation in the Pilbara region of WA.The new 33-month contract is an extension of a previously existing contract managed by Leighton Contractors...
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First gold production at Challenger
Dominion Mining Limited has annouced the first production of gold from its 100 per cent owned Challenger Gold Project in SA. Managing director Peter Alexander said the first gold was poured on 12 October during the commissioning process. A second bar was poured on 17 October in preperation for the f...
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ToolBox - engineering, machinery and technology trade show
Organisers of the ToolBox exhibition, to be held at the Claremont Showgrounds from February 13-15 2003, are reporting a strong response to the inaugural event.With WA’s industrial sector tipped for buoyant growth in the years ahead, prompted by the surging growth in the resource sector and some outs...
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REPS Industry Events Calender
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