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  Mining News

BCD Resources JV partners have received EPA and local council approval to develop the Stormont gold project.

Linc Energy has acquired Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol coal Mine.

Junior Reed Resources has launched a Scoping Study on its Barrambie titanium project WA

Consolidated Tin Mines Mt Garnet project is on track to launch into production at the end of 2014,with a project value of $76M

Iron Ore Holdings has won Environmental Approval to develop a port facility at Cape Preston East.

Sirius Resources’ Nova-Bollinger project WA scoping study has found at a capital cost of $471M. Construction is set to begin in the latter half of the year, and completion is expected by late 2016.

Atlas Iron will begin construction of one of its large projects to increase tonnage.

GME Resources is progressing on a conceptual scoping study at an open pit mine and processing plant that will utilize heap leaching.

A $5B infrastructure project proposed by the SA Govt will help boost Iron Ore exports to more than 100Mtpa.

The HardRock Coal Mining will construct the $50M Tas development scheduled to begin by the end of the year

Carbine Tungsten is hoping to restart the historic opencast operations at its Mount Carbine project, in Qld within the next 18 months.

Metallica Minerals has been granted environmental approval from the Qld Govt for the MLA covering its Urquhart Point zircon/rutile heavy mineral sands (HMS) project

Altona Mining has entered into a JV agreement with Chinalco Yunan Copper Resources to develop the Roseby copper/gold project Qld

Vital Metals has received environmental approval from the Qld Govt to develop its Watershed project.

TNG Limited’s Mount Peake project preliminary capital expenditure for stage 1 of the project is estimated at $560M. Construction of the processing plant is scheduled to begin in 2014

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  Energy News

Arrow Energy’s $15B LNG project has been granted state approval by the Qld Govt.

Esso Australia Resources is planning to replace the 40-year-old Longford-to-Long Island Point pipeline

Boco Rock windfarm $361M construction has begun in the Snowy Mountains of Nimmitabel

AGL Energy has secured the finances to build $450M worth of solar farms in Australia.

Snowy Hydro developed a $400M scheme modernization project to extend the life of the Murray 1 and Murray 2 Hydro Plants, the largest project undertaken at the power station since its original construction.

  Supplier News

Thiess have won a $1.8B Contract from QGC for the construction of gas compression facilities to include all 18 field compressor stations and 4 central processing plants, with works to be completed by November 2014

BlueScope announced that it has agreed to acquire from Arrium Limited its OneSteel sheet and coil processing and distribution businesses in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Western Downs Regional Council has approved a 3000 bed mining camp for the Queensland town of Miles

John Holland has been awarded a $257M subcontract for the railway track at the Roy Hill Iron Ore mine

Programmed have won a $100M contract to provide vessel management, marine and construction manning, catering, and logistical services for the INPEX operated Ichthys LNG project

Thiess Sedgman JV has been awarded by Boggabri Coal a $186M contract to provide D&C for a CHPP.

Forge Group has won a $100M contract with Rio Tinto for expansion works at the Yandicoogina mine, following on from an $830m deal with Samsung for Roy Hill’s process plant.

GFS Corp, a natural gas conversion technology specialist and the first to market conversion packs for large mine haul trucks has announced two new additions.

The Leighton Group has bagged about $450M worth of contracts to deliver airport works at Melbourne Airport

WDS Limited has won more than $50M worth of contracts for its Energy Division, after Santos and Vale extended existing agreements. WDS will be the principal contractor to the GLNG project and carry out field installation of appraisal gathering systems for the connection of coal seam gas wells in the Surat Basin gas fields. It has also received additional contracts for well head lease and gas compression fabrication works for Arrow Energy and QGC, as well as a 12 month extension of its lease to Fluor of its 265 room Fairview Construction camp.

Leighton Contractors have been awarded by Whitehaven Coal its infrastructure construction contract.The contract will see Leighton build the rail loop for its Maules Creek coal mine.

McConneell Dowell has been awarded a $455M EPC contract for the Roy Hill Iron ore project.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has acquired GBI Mining

The Environmental Group acquired supplier Baltec IES  gas turbine inlet and exhaust systems supplier

Programmed Maintenance Services invested $5m.in OneShift , an emerging online recruitment business

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All information contained in this blog derives from information available within the public domain. SG Partners/Michael Lang take no responsibility for information that may be incorrect at time of collation. Where statements/editorials are made it is on the bases of pure speculation and no malice is intended.