Corniston Oil Discovery
BHP announced a new oil discovery, drilled by joint venture partner Mobil Exploration and Producing (Australia).
The Corniston-1 exploration well, was drilled in a water depth of 389.5 metres and reached a total depth of 1350 metres.
A production test achieved a maximum unassisted flow rate of 211...
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Ammonia-Urea Project
Mandating parties Plenty River Corporation (PRC) and Thiess Contractors have appointed Westpac Institutional Bank as their financial adviser for PRC’s ammonia-urea project on the Burrup Peninsula.
Subject to the positive outcome of project financing negotiations, Thiess Contractors as project const...
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Four Corners Nickel Project
Gutnick Resources’ December 1999 Quarterly Report said the company identified nickel-cobalt at several of its WA projects.
These areas would augment existing nickel laterite resources at Grey Dam near its Kurnalpie project, 75 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, which contain ten million tonnes at 0.7 ...
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Esperance to Kalgoorlie Seawater Pipeline
Water Resources Minister Dr Kim Hames announced the immediate start of a feasibility study investigating the construction of a seawater pipeline from Esperance to Kalgoorlie.
Thiess Contractors, Macquarie Bank and the Water Corporation will undertake the study to be completed by August.
Thiess wil...
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Pilbara Power Outsourcing
Woodside Energy has called for expressions of interest from national and international companies for the provision of power supply to meet future development needs on the
Burrup Peninsula.
The move is part of Woodside assessing the possibility of an independent power project providing power at th...
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Koolyanobbing-to-Kalgoorlie Railway Upgrade
Tenders have been called for a $45 million upgrade to the Koolyanobbing-to-Kalgoorlie railway jointly funded by the Federal and State Governments.
The project should start in August and take nine months to complete.
Transport Minister Murray Criddle said the work involved replacement of 92 kilomet...
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Syngas Facility, NT
Methanex Corporation has proposed the construction of a large-scale synthesis gas (syngas) generation facility near Darwin, which could cost in the order
of $1.5 billion.
Product and technology options for the proposed project are being explored, including methanol, hydrogen and
gas-to-liquids....
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Bayu-Undan Liquids Project, NT
A letter of intent for the first major construction installation contract for the $1.4 billion Bayu-Undan liquids project has been awarded to a joint venture between Australian engineering construction contractor Clough Engineering and Norwegian company Aker Marine Contractors AS.
The contract wort...
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Methanol Production Scoping Study, NT
Timor Sea Petroleum (TSP) has entered into an agreement with Kvaerner Process to undertake a scoping study on the concept, design and cost-estimate for a methanol production facility supported by the Evans Shoal gasfield which TSP has a 15 per cent interest.
Evans Shoal has an in-place gas resource...
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Bundaberg Development Project, Qld
A feasibility study into a development project in the Bundaberg region worth more than $1 billion has been announced.
The project involves a bagasse pulp mill, a co-generation power plant and a synthetic rutile plant. (Read the next article for information on the synthetic rutile plant.)
The proj...
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Ilmenite, titano-magnetite project and synthetic rutile plant, Qld
Monto Minerals and Multiplex Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd, the Queensland branch of the Multiplex group, have agreed to the terms of a Heads of Agreement on development of the Goondicum Crater ilmenite, titano-magnetite project and construction of the synthetic rutile plant at Bundaberg in central Qu...
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Julia Creek Vanadium Project, Qld
Fimiston Mining has been advised by its engineering consultant Minproc Limited that the estimated capital cost for the Julia Creek vanadium project exceeded the upper limit of $100 million set by the company on the project as a condition for continuing development.
As a result, further engineering ...
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Douglas Mineral Sands Project, Victoria
Craton Resources said an initial inferred resource estimate of 11.3 million tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate (HM) had been made for its Douglas mineral sands project in the southern Murray Basin in western Victoria.
There is 7.5 million tonnes of valuable heavy mineral (VHM) comprising rutile, z...
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Hazelwood Magnesium Project, Victoria
As a result of higher than usual magnesium oxide levels in the fly ash produced as a by-product of electricity from the Hazelwood power station, 150 kilometres east of Melbourne, Hazelwood Power is considering construction of a magnesium metal production project.
The plant would most likely have a ...
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Ardlethan Tin Project, NSW
Marlborough Resources has acquired a subsidiary of Western Metals which owns the old Ardlethan tin mine.
The purchase includes mineral tenements, buildings, some tin processing plant and equipment, tailings dams and tin tailings, and 53-kilometre water pipeline.
The tailings dams contain about 7.8...
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Bowdens Silver Project, NSW
Canadian company Silver Standard Resources said recent soil geochemical surveys revealed new areas with significant exploration potential at its Bowdens silver project.
The project is among the five largest undeveloped silver-dominant deposits in the world and contains a geological resource in exce...
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North West Resources Tour 2000
CCI is now organising its annual North West Resources Tour which will be held from 17 to 26 May this year.
The tour provides the opportunity to view new and established mining, agricultural, tourist and related developments in remote locations.
Sites to be visited include Mt Keith nickel mine, BHP...
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