Opportunities for Southern Seawater Desalination Plant - 19 June 08
Supply opportunities have been listed for the $640 million Southern Seawater Desalination Plant to be built near Binningup in the Shire of Harvey, 150 kilometres south of Perth, Western Australia.
The new desalination plant will provide 50 gigalitres of water a year into the integrated water...
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Clough wins $200m Apache contract - 19 June 08
Engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been awarded the $200m Apache Energy contract for the installation of the Reindeer Gas Field Development offshore facilities.
The Reindeer Gas Field lies in the Dampier Sub basin on the Northwest Shelf, offshore Western Australia.
The offs...
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Contract awarded for Woodman Point upgrade - 19 June 08
The Western Australian State Government has awarded J J McDonald and Sons a $3 million contract for the Woodman Point upgrade.
The project will significantly improve boat-launching facilities, doubling the number of launching ramps and providing a disabled access pontoon. Additionally, a new ...
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Rio invests $706 million in Pilbara infrastructure - 19 June 08
Rio Tinto has approved $706 million to finance infrastructure and studies for mine expansions as part of the company's drive to ramp up annual capacity of its Pilbara operations to 320 million tonnes by 2012.
It is understood that $158 million will fund a study of a new iron ore mine on the Western...
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Cape Lambert sells project for $400 million - 19 June 08
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has signed a formal agreement for the $400 million sale of its namesake iron ore project in the Pilbara in Western Australia to MCC Mining Pty Ltd.The finalisation of the sale agreement with MCC, a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation ...
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GRD wins Ravensthorpe contract - 19 June 08
BHP Billiton has contracted GRD Minproc to provide a range of engineering and construction services at its Ravensthorpe nickel operation.
Under the two-year service agreement GRD will provide BHP with engineering, project management, procurement and construction management services at the recently ...
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Rio Tinto to invest $394 million in driverless train system - 19 June 08
Rio Tinto will invest $394 million to automate its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is understood that within five years, driverless trains will be operating on most of the 1,300km of track that serves the Pilbara operations.
Automation of the rail network is an impor...
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New joint venture to develop Warro gas field - 19 June 08
Alcoa of Australia and unlisted private company Latent Petroleum have formed a joint venture to appraise and develop the Warro Gas field, 200km north of Perth.
Warro is a tight gas field and holds up to 5 trillion cubic feet of gas in place, 4km below the surface. If the field meets expectati...
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Oxiana and Zinifex merger approved - 19 June 08
OZ Minerals has been revealed as the proposed name for the merged Oxiana and Zinifex. The bold name reflects the uniting of two successful mining companies to form the world's second largest zinc producer.
It will also become the third largest ASX listed, diversified mining company.
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Hemisphere wins ballot for Pilbara iron tenement - 19 June 08
Hemisphere Resources Limited has secured a priority exploration licence of approximately 16km² in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Hemisphere won the ballot ahead of six applicants including Fortescue Metals and Brockman Iron.
The property was keenly sought as it lies some 6km south o...
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Atlas reveals $1.5bn magnetite plans - 19 June 08
Atlas Iron is planning to move their 853 million tonne Ridley magnetite project into pre-feasibility this year.
The iron ore company has finished a 12,000m diamond drilling project at Ridley, only 75km from Port Hedland, and still has several rigs onsite to complete resource definition by July.
A...
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Further discoveries boost FerrAus - 19 June 08
Adelaide-based FerrAus has made two new iron discoveries at its Davidson Creek project, in the East Pilbara of Western Australia, which has extended iron mineralisation over 7km.
Based on the latest discoveries at Tiger and Dugite prospects, FerrAus is reviewing its mine development plans to consid...
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Warwick to bring forward drilling at Woggaginna - 19 June 08
Pilbara explorer Warwick Resources will bring forward the scheduled drilling of its largest iron ore target in Woggaginna.
The Woggaginna project is located 55km south-east of Newman and 35km south of BHP Billiton's Jimblebar iron ore mine and railway in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
The pro...
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U308, World Uranium Gascoyne deal - 19 June 08
Perth based uranium explorer U3O8 Limited and private company World Uranium, have signed a binding heads of agreement over two tenements in Western Australia's Gascoyne region.
The deal involves two tenements, some 300km east of Carnarvon, and will see U308 enter a farm-in with World Uranium to ear...
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Balmoral South project valued at $2.7 billion - 19 June 08
The bankable feasibility study for Australasian Resources' 12 million tonne per annum Balmoral South magnetite project in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been completed with the project on track for commissioning in 2011.
The Balmoral South project, 80km southwest of Karratha, involves minin...
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CCI’s Annual Resource Conference - 19 June 08
Featuring speakers from a number of Australia's largest resource companies, CCI's Annual Resource Conference will provide delegates with insights into a number of major current and future resource projects throughout Western Australia.
Companies presenting at the resources conference include: •&nbs...
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