Tasmania
A Western Australian company is due to start mining ore at its Tasmanian site next month after the new environment minister re-approved the proposal .
The short-term business outlook from suppliers and service providers to the resources, construction and infrastructure sectors in Australia is flat, but confidence is re-emerging.
The approval of a new coal mine in Tasmania is expected to lead to the employment of 100 people and pump $180 million a year into Tasmania’s economy.
The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the contract to construct a $365 million hospital redevelopment project.
A Hobart-based architectural firm has won the contract to design a new $70 million student housing project in the CBD.
Approval has been granted for a new iron ore mining project in Tasmania.
The contract has been awarded for the construction of a $185 million eco-development in Tasmania’s far northeast coast, which will include a golf course, five-star accommodation and its own airstrip.
The mining contract for development and production at the Mount Lyell copper, gold and silver mine in Tasmania has been awarded.
Preparatory works have began on the $100 million redevelopment of a Hobart department store after the project was delayed for several months by a dispute over water charges for the site.
A Tasmanian university has released plans for a proposed $85 million health science precinct.