Queensland
Abigroup has been awarded a $76 million contract from QR National to undertake the civil works for a 13km balloon rail loop for the new Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland.
The final investment decision has been approved for the construction of $23 billion liquefied natural gas project in Queensland.
Leighton Contractors’ mining division has won a $738m contract in central Queensland.
A scoping study has confirmed the feasibility of a proposed major new nickel-cobalt-scandium project in North Queensland.
Three mining companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a multi user rail load-out facility at Cloncurry in Queensland.
It has been reported that companies such as Watpac, Thiess and Leighton Properties are among the big names to bid for the chance to develop prime inner city land in Queensland.
Construction giant Thiess has won a $205m contract in Far North Queensland.
A major oil and gas company in Queensland is looking to expand its major coal seam gas development and production.
The environmental impact study (EIS) for an $800 million mining project is due be released in the last quarter of this year.
The Terms of Reference (TOR) which will form the basis of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) are about to be released on a $500 million coking coal project.