Power stations for the Mining Industry – Pilbara, Western Australia
Given the remote locations of many resource-rich areas in Western Australia, the sourcing of power is a primary concern of any enterprise looking to enter the state’s mining industry.
Operating across 2.3 million kilometres of regional Western Australia (WA), Horizon Power is a State-owned trading enterprise supplying power to WA’s booming resource economies. While relatively small [...]
Sep. 9, 2009 | Mining & Resources, Western Australia | No Comments
Oakajee port and rail development – Western Australia’s mineral potential
the Oakajee port and rail development is set to facilitate major resource projects in the mid-west region of Western Australia – an area of vast and relatively underdeveloped mineral potential.
The Oakajee Port and Rail State Development Agreement signed in March this year provides for an A$4 billion port and railway development in Western Australia’s mid-west [...]
Sep. 8, 2009 | Mining & Resources, Western Australia | No Comments
Largest Chinese acquisition in Australia – OZ Minerals
In June 2009, OZ Minerals shareholders approved the US$1.354 billion purchase of company assets by China Minmetals Corporation, marking the completion of the largest Chinese acquisition in Australia to date.
June 18, 2009, marked the launch of MMG (Minerals and Metals Group), formed following the acquisition by China Minmetals Corporation, through its non-ferrous metals division, of [...]
Sep. 3, 2009 | Australia, Mining & Resources | No Comments
Foreign investors looking at Australia’s mining and resource sector
Following the likely collapse of Chinalco’s acquisition of a 15% stake in Rio Tinto, Jayne Steele of Herbert Geer lawyers explores the implications for foreign investors looking at Australia’s mining and resources sector.
The desire of large steelmakers to secure the commodity chain by making direct investment into iron ore and coal has focused attention on [...]
Sep. 3, 2009 | Australia, Mining & Resources | 3 Comments
Post-boom resource sector – appetite for commodities
Australia’s post-boom resources sector is using the current downturn to steel itself for the demands that will come with the return of the global appetite for commodities, writes AMEC Chief Executive, Simon Bennison.
As markets around the world recover from extraordinary global economic turmoil, the trade relationship between Australia and China will become even more important [...]
