Resources Projects
Final approval has been given for the Dargues Reef Gold Mine Project at Majors Creek near Braidwood in the NSW Southern Tablelands.
Sedgman Limited has been awarded a $123 million Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) design and construct contract at Queensland’s Daunia Mine.
BHP Billiton has approved a $367m investment that will cover its share of the continuing expansion of a coal handling facility in Newcastle.
Cobar Consolidated Resources has appointed Adelaide-based Lucas Earthmovers as mining contractor for the Wonawinta Silver Project.
Rail freight giant QR National has signed an agreement to construct the $900 million Wiggins Island Rail Project (WIRP) to a new export terminal at Gladstone.
Northern Manganese Ltd – formerly Groote Resources Ltd – has made another important step in their aim to mine the seabed for manganese in the area between the Northern Territory mainland and Groote Eylandt.
It has been recently reported that Xstrata has bought a 17,474 hectare Meteor Downs pastoral with the purchase of turning it into a coal mine.
Origin Energy is planning to spend $1.
Xstrata has approved the start of an $47m pre-feasibility study into the development of a large multi-commodity open pit mine on its existing Mount Isa Mines footprint.
Conquest Mining has secured a $100m financing offer from Macquarie Bank to fund the construction of its Mount Carlton gold, silver and copper project in Queensland.
