South West Metropolitan Project
The State Government has released the Master Plan for the South West Metropolitan Railway, which will see the construction of a new railway linking Perth to Mandurah.
The 82-kilometre route will pass via Kenwick and Jandakot. Part of the route will be constructed down the middle of the Kwinana Free...
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Northern Metropolitan Railway Extension
Transport Minister Murray Criddle said preliminary discussions with key stakeholders for the northern suburbs railway extensions are now underway, and a Master Plan for extensions to Clarkson will be completed by July this year.
This will provide the Government with detailed cost estimates as well ...
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Stirling-Harvey Redevelopment Scheme
A Public Environmental Review has been prepared in connection with the Water Corporation’s proposal to redevelop the Harvey and Stirling reservoir system to obtain additional yield for the Perth Metropolitan Water Supply Scheme (PMWSS).
The Stirling-Harvey Redevelopment Scheme is composed of the fo...
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Woodman Point wastewater plant upgrade
A partnership of Clough Engineering and the Kinhill Group has been selected to join with the Water Corporation in an alliance arrangement to undertake the design and upgrade of the Woodman Point wastewater plant.
Design work on the $127-million project will begin immediately on contract award, with...
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Kalgoorlie-Boulder WaterLink Project
The Water Corporation has released its WaterLink report, following the completion of a study involving 36 water users in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region.
The study identified four options for future water supplies region, namely:
continued upgrading of the Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply...
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Jervoise Bay industrial complex
The WA Government is now calling for formal expressions of interest in developing a marine and energy engineering complex at Jervoise Bay, south of Fremantle.
Commerce and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan said a range of options were open for private sector participation at the project.
The Government ...
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Traffic control infrastructure services contract
Main Roads Western Australia has awarded a $74.2 million, 10-year contract to a joint venture comprising Stork Electrical Pty Ltd and Gutteridge Haskins and Davey Pty Ltd for traffic control infrastructure services throughout Western Australia.
Transport Minister Murray Criddle said the contract re...
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New oil pool discovery on Barrow Island
WAPET said it had discovered a new oil pool in the Barrow Island field.
The discovery is about 11 kilometres north of the main Barrow Island production facilities and about 2.5 kilometres north of production from Tunney field. It flowed up to 1,000 barrels of oil per day through equipment-constrain...
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Boddington gold mine
Acacia said the Wandoo resource at the Boddington gold mine has increased to 353 million tonnes at 1.04 g/t of gold and 0.11 per cent copper.
The resource contains 11.74 million ounces of gold and 393,000 tonnes of copper, an increase of 32 per cent in contained gold and 27 per cent in contained co...
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Badgebup gold project
In 1997, International Mineral Resources (IMR) placed its Badgebup gold project on care and maintenance.
The company recently commenced a drilling program to test the deeper, higher-grade primary sulphide Jinka’s Hill orebody below the previously mined two oxide reserves, with a view to developing...
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Mid West Natural Gas Transmission Line
Western Power said construction commenced this month on the 365-kilometre gas pipeline and power station to service Precious Metals Australia’s (PMA) Windimurra vanadium project, near Mount Magnet.
The $50-million pipeline, connected to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP), will be c...
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Coogee Chemicals' proposed aluminium fluoride factory
Coogee Chemicals Project Manager Dr Peter Stransky said his company’s proposed 54,000 tonne per annum aluminium fluoride facility had been deferred by at least a year because of a recent price downturn.
Dr Stransky said his company was still working towards gaining all necessary approvals for the p...
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Murray Basin mineral sands project, Vic
RZM Development Manager Pat McManus said that since the completion of a feasibility study into mining the Wemen deposit about a year ago, the orebody has doubled in size.
The geological resource now totals about 19 million tonnes grading 4.34 per cent heavy minerals and the mining reserve is 21.3 m...
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Darwin LNG Project, NT
Announcing the results of their 18-month feasibility study into the Northern Australia Gas Venture (NAGV), which indicated the Darwin LNG project to be technically feasible, Woodside and Shell said expected LNG demand growth in Asia had substantially declined since the study commenced and regional c...
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Bayu-Undan upstream project, NT
BHP Petroleum (BHPP) said due to current commercial and fiscal uncertainties, the unit participants in the Bayu-Undan upstream project have been unable to reach a consensus on the way forward for the project.
They have therefore postponed a decision on the approval for the project to proceed to the...
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Texas silver/gold project, Qld
Macmin said preliminary metallurgical testing of silver bearing ore from the Twin Hills prosect at Texas commenced during February and will continue until April. The testwork involves bottle roll leach tests and bench scale column tests.
The aim of the testwork is to determine whether a sufficientl...
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Who Buys What
The State Supply Commission has recently released a publication entitled Who Buys What, which provides a guide on the scope and nature of purchasing by State Government agencies, based on their 1997/98 activities.
Information on the top five buyers for each commodity is also contained in the bookle...
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International Business Directory of Western Australia
The International Business Directory of Western Australia is distributed worldwide to more than 200 countries.
Entries for the 1999 edition close on 19 March.
Cost for a quarter page entry is $220 for CCI members and $330 for non-members.Companies wishing to promote their organisation should call ...
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