A 720MW solar farm in NSW has been given conditional approval by the state’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC). UPC/AC Renewable’s New England Solar farm will comprise more than 2.4msolar panels and generate enough energy to power 250,000 homes. The $768m project will be built on 2000ha of mostly cleared land 6km east of Uralla. The […]
BHP Billiton is planning to introduce 20 autonomous trucks at its Newman East (Eastern Ridge) iron ore mine in WA by the end of 2020. The first autonomous trucks are expected to begin operations at Eastern Ridge in June this year. According to BHP Newman Operations general manager, Marie Bourgoin, the use of autonomous trucks […]
ACCIONA has started the construction of its second waste-to-energy plant in WA. The East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility is expected to process around 300,000t per annum of waste, preventing more than 300,000t of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. The plant will have the capacity to generate 29MW of renewable electricity, enough to power more than […]
LYNAS Corporation has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government to establish a new rare earths processing plant in WA. The Lynas Kalgoorlie plant will undertake cracking and leaching of rare earth concentrate from the Mt Weld rare earths mine, which is also located in WA’s goldfields region. Construction is expected to begin […]
NQ Minerals has announced plans to reopen Beaconsfield gold mine in Tasmania. The Australian company, who owns nearby Hellyer gold mine, secured an option to buy Beaconsfield at the end of February pending due diligence. NQ’s Chairman, David Lenigas, said the company was working with officials to determine what was required to re-activate Beaconsfield as […]
WESTGOLD Resources has restarted operations at the Big Bell gold mine in WA. The company announced underground sub-level mining had resumed at Big Bell earlier this month. The first mass cave blast was initiated on March 2 and broke almost 103,000t at 3g/t of gold over three levels. The company said it is on track […]
A 1200MW wind farm has been given development approval by the Queensland Government. Forest Wind Farm, a joint venture of Siemens and Clean Sight, will be one of the largest grid-connected wind farms in the southern hemisphere. The $2b project will comprise 226 turbines, giving it the capacity to supply nearly half a million homes […]
