ROI to open for Perth Seawater Desalination Project
The Water Corporation is seeking submissions from prospective Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors and developers to establish a 100 megalitres per day (ML/day) Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Plant (the Project) near Perth. A Registration of Interest (ROI) for pre-selec...
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Gas Fired Power Station Project depends on energy reform
NRG and AlintaGas said their joint bid to develop a 360-370MW gas fired power station and electricity trading and sales business for the WA South West Interconnected System (SWIS) will largely depend on the level of energy reform in WA’s electricity sector.In a recent presentation to the WA Electric...
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One month deadline for federal tidal funding
The WA Government has delivered a blunt ultimatum to Prime Minister John Howard to make a firm financial commitment to a tidal power project in the Kimberley within a month or risk the project collapsing.Deputy Premier Eric Ripper said if a proper response was not forthcoming from the Commonwealth b...
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Phillips paves way for Bayu Undan LNG train, Darwin
Phillips Petroleum Company - parent of Darwin LNG Pty Ltd and other Australian affiliates - has signed an agreement that enables it and its co-venturers to move ahead with the gas development of the Bayu-Undan project in the Timor Sea.Darwin LNG Pty Ltd signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with The Tok...
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North West Shelf signs LNG sales and purchase agreement
The North West Shelf LNG sellers have signed a sales and purchase agreements with Osaka Gas Co. Ltd for the purchase and supply of a total of one million tonnes per annum (mtpa) at plateau of LNG, starting 2004.The agreement follows the signing on 16 January 2001 Letters of Intent with the NWS LNG S...
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Urgent changes needed to meet Australia’s energy needs: Woodside chief
Australia could face an annual trade deficit by 2010 of $7.6 billion on oil imports if new discoveries are not made and brought into production, says Woodside Energy Ltd managing director, John Akehurst. In his address to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Outlook 2002 Conf...
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$400 million copper refinery proposal, Pilbara
West Perth-based copper producer, Straits Resources, is examining the feasibility of a $400 million copper refinery at its Nifty copper mine site about 60km south of Telfer.Straits has completed scoping works on the refinery proposal.A feasibility study will take about 14 months to complete.Key cont...
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Mining lease granted for Ginkgo Project, NSW
The NSW Government has granted a Mining Lease (ML) to developers of the Ginkgo Mineral Sands Project for a site in the Murray Basin about 200 km south of Broken Hill, NSW.The BIP Joint Venture (BeMaX Resources NL 75 per cent and Probo Mining Limited 25 per cent) will now proceed with selection of pr...
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Feasibility study on Mt Cuthbert upgrade, Queensland
West-Perth based Matrix Metals Limited has initiated a Feasibility Study for a production upgrade at the Company’s Mt Cuthbert Operation 90km north-west of Cloncurry in North West Queensland.The decision to proceed with the Feasibility Study is based on the ongoing exploration success being achieved...
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Green light for Monto Coal project, Queensland
Macarthur Coal Limited will commit to the development of the Monto coal project south-west of Gladstone, Queensland following the recent completion of the Stage I Feasibility Study.Monto will produce a thermal coal with a high hydrogen/ low nitrogen content - probably the lowest nitrogen content of ...
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Millmerran Power Project, Queensland
QMASTOR Limited has been awarded a contract to install its QMASTOR(R) technology at the new Millmerran Power Station, on behalf of MPA Energy Services (a joint Venture between Clough Engineering Limited and Pozzalanic Enterprises Pty Ltd).The $1.84 billion Millmerran Power project includes an 840-MW...
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Green light for Parramatta Rail Link, NSW
The NSW Government has granted planning approval for the construction and operation of the Parramatta Rail Link, a new, 28km railway linking western and northern Sydney.The Parramatta Rail Link will increase the long term capacity of Sydney’s metropolitan rail system by easing congestion on the Main...
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Fibre optic bids in for Regional Fast Rail Project, Victoria
The three consortia bidding for installation of a new 500km fibre optic network for regional Victoria recently submitted their tenders to VicTrack, bringing better Internet services one step closer for more than 700,000 Victorians.A Private Public Partnership (PPP) would be formed with the successfu...
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Synchrotron Project work starts September
Victoria’s $157 million Australian Synchrotron Project is on track with site works to start at Monash University at Clayton in September.Key milestones for the Synchrotron project:June 2001: Australian Synchrotron Project announcedSeptember 2001: Project Steering Committee establishedSeptember 2001:...
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Industry Events Calender
For comprehensive information on the following industry events, visit or click on the associated link, or call the number.Outlook for Power Generation, 25 and 26 March 2002, Novotel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne.Website: http://www.ibcoz.com.au/generationTel: (02) 9080 4307Best Practice Procuremen...
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