Research in the United States has shown that applying a strong electric field to sections of the Keystone pipeline near Wichita, Kansas, can smooth oil flow and save pump energy. At present, pipeline...
Category - Infrastructure & Operations
Mines in Western Australia are being warned to check their high voltage switches amid growing concern that some sites are using the same switch at the centre of the Perth shopping centre explosion...
Terry Burgess has been appointed the new president of The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME), replacing current President John Roberts AM who is stepping down after over a decade...
More than 200 employees have lost their jobs at Roy Hill mine following a commercial dispute between head contractor Samsung C&T and Laing O’Rourke. The dispute cost Laing O’Rourke...
Builders, plumbers and construction contractors will no longer have to fork out big dollars for a copy of the National Construction Code, with the government now making it freely available online...
Work on a gas pipeline to supply reliable energy to mines in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia is well underway with the third shipment of 18 metre pipe arriving on site last week. The 292...
The NSW mining sector received some good news late yesterday with the Planning and Assessment Committee (PAC) announcing it had approved Shenhua’s Watermark Coal Project. Earmarked for a pocket...
The South Australian resources sector has received a boost with today’s announcement that OZ Minerals will relocate its head office from Melbourne to Adelaide. OZ Minerals currently operates...
Talk about embarrassing – a crane has toppled over in front of a government safety inspector at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine construction site in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The...
A new mine is set to be developed after the Waratah-Wynyard Council approved its application during a meeting this week. The mine, which will be located near Tullah in Tasmania, will be small open...
China’s first shale gas liquefaction plant has successfully been completed in Sichuan, China, the Jereh Group has announced this week. In phase one, the plant is set to produce 2,470,000 cubic...
Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Turner & Townsend to provide support services to the Project Management Consultant (PMC) team on the Carmichael coal mine, port, and rail project in the...

