A 550-tonne stacker and a 1700-tonne reclaimer arrived at Weipa this month for the $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project. The delivery marked the culmination of a 16-month fabrication effort by Western Australian-based Civmec and a nine-day voyage on a heavy lift vessel. Rio Tinto Amrun project general manager Marcia Hanrahan said the remoteness of the Amrun site on cape York meant the safest and mos...
The Queensland Government has earmarked more than 44,000sq km of land for coal, oil and gas exploration to spark new resource projects. Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said it was the largest amount of land released under the State’s exploration program and showed the government’s commitment to creating a stronger economy by encouraging private sector investment and ...
Genex Power has secured a term sheet for up to $516 million in concessional finance from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to support its Kidston Stage 2 project in north Queensland. The company has already commissioned Stage 1 (K1), a 50MW solar project at the former Kidston gold mine. Stage 2 includes a planned 250MW pumped storage hydro project, combined with up to 270MW fur...
The Lorena gold mine joint venture is investigating pit design modifications to increase the mineable resources. A preliminary re-design of the pit, based on an updated block model, has shown that a cut-back to the south-east corner of the pit could deliver up to an additional 9000ozs of gold at an average grade of 4-4.5g/t, according to Malachite Resources. The economics of carrying out the cut b...
The State Government has stepped in after a $1.2 billion proposal for a tourism project on Hummock Hill Island was knocked back by the Gladstone Regional Council. State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning Minister Cameron Dick said he had approved the move following a request by proponent Eaton Place for the Coordinator-General to use his legislative step-in powers. It comes af...
Australia is the world’s the fourth largest producer of copper. The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science says copper is one of Australia’s top ten commodity exports, worth about $6 billion a year. Copper is an important metal widely used in electrical applications, plumbing and other building applications, and in metal alloys because of its high thermal and electri...
Queensland research to optimise bauxite processing has attracted a cash injection. University of Queensland researcher Dr Hong Peng had received a $180,000 research fellowship from the State Government for his work, backed by an additional investment of $90,000 from UQ and almost $130,000 from Rio Tinto. Researcher Dr Hong Peng. Dr Peng, who is collaborating with Rio Tinto in developing the new pr...
Senex Energy has appointed gas infrastructure company Jemena to build, own, and operate the Atlas Gas Processing Plant and Pipeline (AGPP). Jemena will invest about $140 million to build the gas plant and 60km pipeline which is capable of transporting approximately 40TJs of gas per day. The infrastructure will connect Senex’s new Atlas gas field in the Surat Basin in south-east Queensland with Je...
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