Pilbara
An engineering company has been awarded a second construction contract, valued at $104 million, at major iron ore project in the Pilbara.
A multi-billion dollar prawn aquaculture project, expected to create 1600 jobs in Northern Australia, has been granted a renewal of its Major Project Status.
Approval has been given for the second stage of a $3 billion dollar iron magnetite project in the Pilbara employing 3000 people during construction and 900 full time jobs as it comes on line in mid-2022.
A proposed stage three expansion of a lithium mine in the Pilbara is targeting a final investment decision and start of construction in Q2 CY2020.
The project director of a billion dollar iron ore project in the Pilbara with 143km rail component and 30 Mtpa dry Ore Processing Facility (OPF) provided an update in Perth on the project's progress and highlighted the key project contacts.
Activity on a salt and potash project 80km south west of Karratha has stepped up following appointment of lead engineers for a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) and scheduling of pre-Final Investment Decision (FID) works.
A Perth-based multi-disciplinary heavy engineering constructor will fabricate and modularise key components for a new mega iron ore mine under construction about 100km north-west of Newman in the Pilbara.
The proponent of a manganese project in WA's southern Pilbara is targeting completion of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) in Q3 CY2019.
The scale of a proposed gold project in the Pilbara has been expanded to a 2Mtpa plant throughput in a study nearing completion.
A Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on a gold project in the East Pilbara is scheduled for completion in Q3 CY2019 following appointment of the study manager.
