Jamie Wade
In a presentation at this year's Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie the proponent of $216m sulphate of potash (SOP) project 160km southeast of Newman WA highlighted the groundwork completed for the project as it works towards securing finance and execution.
The proponent of a proposed $170 million lead and silver project in WA's Gascoyne region revealed at this year's Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie that it was accelerating project development through 2019 and on track for formal construction in 2019.
The head of Woodside’s North West Shelf (NSW) and Burrup Hub is encouraging suppliers and contractors to engage with Woodside now, as it approaches Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) in 2020.
A Perth-based engineering company has been awarded a major construction contract with an iron ore project in the Pilbara.
A shovel ready mineral sands project in the northwest of WA will cost $392 million to develop and could be producing ore in the second half of 2021.
A mining contractor has been awarded preferred tenderer status for a Tasmanian iron ore mine that is targeted to recommence production in Q4 CY2019.
The proponent of an iron ore project in the Pilbara has engaged a mining engineering consultancy firm to develop a detailed mine plan for the project.
Work on a $325 million underground hard coking coal mine near Middlemount in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin will begin in September following sign off by the proponent's board.
Construction is targeted to start in mid-2020 for a $4 billion plus urea plant on WA’s northwest coastline that will require more than 2500 contractors during the three-year construction phase, according to the proponent’s chairman who recently delivered a presentation in Perth.
Rio Tinto’s head of iron ore recently spoke in Perth about projects on the go, the latest technology being integrated into those projects and how suppliers and contractors can be involved.
