Alinta go-ahead for 90 MW wind farm
Alinta has announced the go-ahead for the development of WA’s largest wind farm as part of its plans to provide cheaper and cleaner electricity to WA consumers.Alinta has signed a power purchase agreement with Renewable Power Ventures Pty Ltd (RPV) to enable RPV to develop a $200 million wind farm s...
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Improved navigational safety for Navy warships
Defence has signed a $6.2 million contract with WA company Nautronix which will help to improve safety on Navy warships, Armidale-class patrol boats and submarines, Defence Minister Robert Hill said.“Under the contract, the Fremantle-based Nautronix will deliver enhanced Electronic Chart Display Inf...
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Update on operations at Cockatoo Island
Following completion of an extensive review of operations at Cockatoo Island, the boards of Henry Walker Eltin Group Limited and Portman Limited have given approval for continuation of the project. The construction of the sea wall will re-commence immediately, with a target return to full mining pro...
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Million tonne milestone for Mincor
Mincor Resources NL has passed a key milestone by mining the millionth tonne of ore from its Miitel and Wannaway nickel operations near Kambalda in WA.The Perth-based company said its mines had produced over 33,800 tonnes of contained nickel concentrate since commencement of production at Miitel thr...
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Two new gold lodes discovered at Gidgee Gold Project
Legend Mining Ltd has announced that two new high-grade gold lodes, Mali and Senegal, have been discovered adjacent to and readily accessible from current workings at the Swan Bitter underground gold mine. These lodes potentially open up a new 4.5 km long exploration target zone for additional new d...
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Oroya Mining upgrades MT Gibson resources
Oroya Mining has announced that the total Mt Gibson resource inventory has been upgraded to 11.5 million tonnes at 2.26 g/t gold (837,700 oz), representing a 22 per cent increase in tonnes and 12 per cent increase in contained gold over the previous estimation.The Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) in...
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Drilling program update, Burnside joint venture
Following the previous Burnside joint venture (50 per cent Northern Gold NL) drilling update on 23 February 2004, work has focused on the resource definition drilling program within the Cosmo Deeps resource. The Cosmo Deeps resource currently comprises 4.8 million tonnes at an average grade of 4.7 g...
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Thiess awarded major coal contract
Thiess Pty Ltd has been awarded a $227 million contract by Xstrata Plc subsidiary Hunter Valley Coal Corporation Pty Limited (HVCC) to operate the Ravensworth East Mine located adjacent to the Mt Owen Mine, situated midway between Muswellbrook and Singleton in NSW. Thiess has operated the Mt Owen Mi...
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Consmin announces $25 million UK institutional placements
Consolidated Minerals Limited has announced a 15 per cent share placement to UK institutional investors to accommodate strong investor demand for its stock in the UK market.The placement, to UK-based institutions, comprises 20.5 million shares at an issue price of $1.23 (£0.50 at $2.4636 = £1) per s...
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Xyris 1 exploration well spuds
ARC Energy Limited advises that drilling of the gas exploration well Xyris 1, operated by ARC and located in the onshore Perth Basin Production License L1, commenced on 13 March 2004 using the Century 11 drilling rig. The well was then drilled ahead to the current depth of 787 m. The well is located...
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Cooper basin focus of exploration
Beach Petroleum Limited has announced that it will outlay an estimated $13 million to drill at least 12 oil and gas exploration and development wells in calendar 2004. The program is scheduled to begin during the week commencing 14 March 2004 with the spudding of Galilee-1.The focus of the company’s...
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Tenders called for Carnarvon’s land-backed wharf
The State Government has called for tenders for the main construction of Carnarvon’s new land-backed wharf.Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said there had been extensive consultation with users and stakeholders in the detailed design of the wharf - marking the completion of th...
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Work starts on Southern Transport Corridor
Construction of the Gallop Government’s latest big infrastructure projects for Geraldton, the Southern Transport Corridor, is about to begin.Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan was joined onsite by Geraldton MLA Shane Hill, Geraldton Mayor Vickie Petersen and Greenough Shire Pres...
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Global supply chains
There is currently little assistance available to local suppliers, who have proved to be globally competitive on a WA project, to take the next step and tender on a multinational’s offshore capital projects.There is a lack of formal methods or systems to include these successful local suppliers onto...
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Henry Walker Eltin acquires aiM maintenance
Henry Walker Eltin’s wholly owned subsidiary Simon Engineering (Australia) Pty Ltd has signed a Heads of Agreement to acquire the business of Perth-based aiM maintenance Ltd, furthering its growth in the services stream of the business.The price to be paid for aiM maintenance is $9.274 million plus ...
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Resource Recovery Facility PER
The Mindarie Regional Council (MRC) is proposing to establish a Resource Recovery Facility in the Neerabup Industrial Area to treat up to 100,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated by residents in the local government areas which form the MRC.The MRC prepared a Public Environment Review to ex...
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REPS Industry Events Calendar: New Events
The following events has been added to the REPS Industry Events Calendar that can be downloaded in the e-mail / on-line version of each REPS newsletter.Event - 7th Annual Australian Longwall Mining SummitDate - 24-26 March 2004Venue - Capricorn Rydges Resort, Yeppoon - Queensland Organisers - AJM Co...
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