Shell Australia has started construction on its first industrial-scale solar project in Australia – the 120MW Gangarri solar farm near Wandoan in central Queensland. The solar farm will be powered by approximately 400,000 photovoltaic panels. It is expected to create 200 new jobs during the construction period and is scheduled to be completed early next year. […]
Curragh coal mine : CIMIC Group through its unit Thiess has secured a six-year, A$1.3 billion contract extension from Coronado Global Resources to provide mining services at the Curragh Mine in Queensland, Australia. The mining services contract involves overburden removal and haulage, mining and run of mine rehandling services, equipment maintenance and pit dewatering. Since […]
Rio Tinto has wrapped up the commissioning process of its AUD 2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) worth Amrun bauxite mine on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. Amrun bauxite mine Construction work on the Rio Tinto bauxite mine in Australia was initiated in 2016 and about two years later, the first bauxite was produced. The […]
Jemena, an Australian energy infrastructure company, reported the completion of the construction of its 622km long Northern Gas Pipeline project between Tennant Creek in Northern Territory (NT) and Mount Isa in Queensland. Construction of the AUD800 million ($603 million) inter-state gas transmission pipeline began in July 2017. The Northern Gas Pipeline project has been undertaken […]
Mining industry news : Rio Tinto is all set to exit from coal mining business by selling its 80% stake in the Kestrel coal mine in Queensland to a consortium of EMR Capital and Indonesian coal producer Adaro Energy, for a sum of $2.25 billion. Rio Tinto’s Recent Deals to Exit Coal Mining Business in […]
Mining industry news : Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto has made a $1.7 billion deal to exit from two Queensland coal mines – the Hail Creek coal mine and the Valeria coal mine in Australia by selling its stakes to Swiss natural resource company Glencore. Rio Tinto has been looking to divest all of its […]