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Eyre Peninsula / Developments and News

#1 Post by rhino » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:15 pm

Couldn't find an appropriate place to put this, so I started a new thread

One new Eyre port
for two explorers

THE State Government has told
two iron explorers on Eyre Peninsula
they must work together on
port development because there
won't be room for both facilities.
The two companies - Centrex
Metals and Iron Road - each have
advanced projects which include
plans to build a port between
Tumby Bay and Port Neill.
Sites for the two ports are just
15km apart and envisage jetties
into deep water to accommodate
the large cape-sized ships used to
transport iron ore.
Addressing the SA Chamber of
Mines and Energy yesterday, Mineral
Resources and Energy Minister
Tom Koutsantonis said each
had a case to put.
"But I can assure you there will
only be one new port," he said.
"And it will be a multi-user
facility."
Mr Koutsantonis said it was not
up to the government to pick a
winner. "The market will decide."
The Government would support
both in going through environmental
and regulatory checks.
Whichever company got their
finance and approvals in place first
would build a port, he said. Then,
whichever came second would
need to talk to the frontrunner -
although the market might eventually
support both.
Opposition deputy leader and
infrastructure spokeswoman
Vickie Chapman said Mr Koutsantonis
was being inconsistent.
"He claims to support everyone
in the industry and endorses their
projects," she said.
"Yet now he issues an edict
saying there'll only be one port.
"It's outrageous because his government
will be the approving
authority."
Iron Road is developing a
$2.5 billion Central Eyre Iron Project,
30km southeast of Wudinna.
It has bought land at Cape Hardy
and aims to export iron for 30
years.
Centrex has a string of iron
deposits on the east coast of Eyre
Peninsula and has Chinese backing
to build Port Spencer. Centrex
chairman David Klingberg said it
was "reasonable" to expect the
companies to co-operate. They
had already had talks, he said.
Iron Road managing director
Andrew Stocks has said his company
was interested in "bringing
in third-party users", especially in
early stages.
In addition to these proposals,
a consortium led by Port Adelaide
operator Flinders Ports is working
on building a multi-user export
facility at Port Bonython near
Whyalla. This week, the Government
said it would back but not
fund an iron ore export facility at
Lucky Bay, near Cowell.
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#2 Post by rhino » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:04 pm

Centrex scales back Spencer Gulf ore export plan
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Centrex Metals has released a lower-cost option for its proposed ore export facility on Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

It has outlined plans to use a transhipment technique, loading iron ore onto a barge which transfers it to a larger vessel offshore.

The option would reduce the proposed jetty length from 515 metres to 200 metres.

Centrex says it would mean less impact on the marine environment and meet conditional environmental approvals.

The company says using a barge to take ore out to larger ships would reduce the start-up costs of the project to $142 million.

Centrex CEO Ben Hammond says transhipping only recently has become a viable option.

"We have looked at transhipment options in the past but generally the operating costs of those options are prohibitive," he said.

"But the new technology by CSL, which has now been operating for some time now up at Whyalla for iron ore exports, certainly opens the door to look at it again."

The proposed Port Spencer development is about 20 kilometres north of Tumby Bay.
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#3 Post by rhino » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:46 am

Iron Road's Mine and Port
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DESIGN improvements to Iron Road’s Central Eyre Iron Project at Warramboo should allow for a rail corridor realignment and better position of the proposed rail loop, reducing impact on landholders who will have the rail running through their properties.

However this could change road modifications that have already been proposed and costed by some local councils.

The district councils of Tumby Bay, Cleve and Wudinna had been consulted on road modifications required in their areas and some councils have submitted estimates for proposed upgrades and alterations.

The design changes are part of the company’s definitive feasibility study for the mine site, which should be released for public consultation next month.

Iron Road managing director Andrew Stocks said the study, covering mining, processing, the port and social and environment aspects of the proposed mine, was due for release this month but has been slightly delayed.

Mr Stocks said in the first quarter of this year the initial development application for the infrastructure components would also be submitted, along with referrals to the federal environment department.

The company is planning for a large-scale open pit mine and projects a mine life of more than 30 years.

It is also planning for accommodation camps for port, mine and operations village construction.

The Wudinna District Council has engaged a consultant on behalf of Iron Road to conduct a study on upgrading the Wudinna Airport.

Environmental impact assessments continue to progress for the mine, infrastructure corridor and port, with several recent state government departmental visits to the project site.

Mr Stocks said it was possible all water requirements at the mine site could be sourced from a borefield adjacent the rail line.

"A water treatment and storage facility at the mine site has been designed to supply fresh water to clean the iron ore as well as potable water for industrial use," he said.

A plan to recycle the water has significantly reduced projected water demand.

Planning is underway to construct a heavy haul, standard gauge rail line between the mine and port sites.

"The rail line may be expanded in the future to connect with the existing national rail network, which would extend port access," Mr Stocks said.

The port is planned to have an initial capacity of at least 30 million tonnes a year, with a capacity of 10 million tonnes a year potentially available to third parties.

The ore will be treated by conventional crushing and milling to achieve a high grade.

Iron ore will be shipped out of the proposed Cape Hardy port near Port Neill.

The port is planned to have an initial capacity of at least 30 million tonnes a year, with a capacity of 10 million tonnes a year potentially available to third parties.
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#4 Post by Waewick » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:55 pm

great news.

Economic development in regional cities is the key. I would love if we could really get some value add in SA and located near major population base (to drive population)

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#5 Post by rhino » Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:42 am

I heard on the ABC news this morning that the operator of the Wallaroo-Lucky Bay ferry is going to stop operating because the tourist trade is not living up to his expectations. He may start up again next year with a smaller ferry. Port Lincoln mayor says it is a blow to the Eyre Peninsula because many residents like and use the service, but I guess the population base isn't big enough to make it sustainable.
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#6 Post by Hooligan » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:18 am

rhino wrote:I heard on the ABC news this morning that the operator of the Wallaroo-Lucky Bay ferry is going to stop operating because the tourist trade is not living up to his expectations. He may start up again next year with a smaller ferry. Port Lincoln mayor says it is a blow to the Eyre Peninsula because many residents like and use the service, but I guess the population base isn't big enough to make it sustainable.
Well when it costs over $200 for a car and two adults to go one way i'm hardly surprised by this.

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#7 Post by mattblack » Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:47 pm

From Renew Economy.

Also posted in Energy Forum

Canadian renewables developer Amp Energy has been tapped to lead development of a huge, gigawatt-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production project in South Australia’s Cape Hardy Port Precinct.

Amp, which is backed by the deep-pocketed Carlyle Group of investment funds, was selected for the Cape Hardy project following a three-month competitive process led SA-based miner, Iron Road.

Iron Road says Amp’s winning concept design proposes a 5GW scale electrolyser and associated green hydrogen and ammonia production facility at Cape Hardy, which is under development as a major new industrial precinct attached to a deep-water port.

The companies say the electrolyser will be “supported” by Amp’s existing Australian renewables projects, including the three South Australia solar and big battery projects snapped up by Amp in 2021.

The solar and battery projects form part of Amp’s $2 billion Australian plans to develop 20GW of electrolyser capacity across three precincts, from which it intends to produced the equivalent of 19 million tons a year of green ammonia, dubbed the Renewable Energy Hub of South Australia (REHSA).

Iron Road, which owns a the Central Eyre Iron Project (CEIP) on the Eyre Peninsula, says Amp’s selection for the job was helped along by the 18 months of “focused work” it has already chalked up on green hydrogen in the state.


The miner expects the CEIP to benefit from the close-by, large-scale renewable energy generation and transmission that will underpin the production of high quality green steel-making feedstock.

Amp, meanwhile, says it was drawn to Iron Road’s Cape Hardy project due to its strategic location and strong support from the South Australia and federal governments.

The Cape Hardy site has direct access to high voltage power through existing transmission infrastructure as well as a deep-water port that will allow transportation of renewable hydrogen.

“The development of strategically located, transmission-connected green hydrogen and ammonia facilities at select locations such as Cape Hardy in South Australia is critical to our continued global growth and long-term strategy,” says Amp co-founder and CIO Paul Ezekiel.

Iron Road says Amp’s pitch for the project further validates Cape Hardy as South Australia’s pre-eminent hydrogen export hub of scale.

“Our competitive offer-to-bid process was carefully designed to screen the most capable and motivated developer looking to prioritise and advance the project quickly and judiciously,” says Iron Road CEO Larry Ingle.

“We have selected Amp as a single lead developer who we expect will assemble additional consortium partners in collaboration with Iron Road.”

Iron Road says that based on Amp’s concept design work, a land parcel of around 410 hectares will be set aside for the proposed 5GW scale electrolyser project.

The plan is for a detailed project schedule and scope of work to be developed during a nine-month exclusivity period. Amp, in parallel, will continue to develop its nearby wind and solar projects to support the proposed Cape Hardy electrolyser project and hydrogen/ammonia facilities.

Iron Road says that Amp’s existing wind and solar developments on freehold land provide “significant advantages” for upstream components of the Cape Hardy project.

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#8 Post by mattblack » Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm

Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/

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#9 Post by abc » Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:36 pm

mattblack wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm
Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/
so more exports of Uranium which we can't use because it isn't economically viable. It obviously is somewhere else though...

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#10 Post by rev » Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:35 am

mattblack wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm
Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/
About bloody time. A desal plant for the mines should have been built a long time ago.
There really should be a national authority on the great artesian basin, the largest in the world, rather then leaving it up to the individual states & territories. Whether you're a greeny or not, it's something that should be protected regardless of the costs it might have to the mines like Olympic Dam.

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#11 Post by mattblack » Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:44 pm

Another major hydrogen announcement with the signing of an agreement with GFG.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-25/ ... tent=other

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#12 Post by mattblack » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 am

abc wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:36 pm
mattblack wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm
Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/
so more exports of Uranium which we can't use because it isn't economically viable. It obviously is somewhere else though...
The point is that when you have the amount of renewable resources that we have (projected up to 500%) you can leverage towards green industry including steel and power. Having nuclear wouldn't make it very green would it?

Going green gives our industry and products a market advantage. Olympic dam having access to greater water resources is more about copper production for renewables, although having so much uranium will be very beneficial for exports in years to come

https://world-nuclear.org/information-l ... tries.aspx

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#13 Post by rev » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:53 am

mattblack wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 am
abc wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:36 pm
mattblack wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm
Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/
so more exports of Uranium which we can't use because it isn't economically viable. It obviously is somewhere else though...
The point is that when you have the amount of renewable resources that we have (projected up to 500%) you can leverage towards green industry including steel and power. Having nuclear wouldn't make it very green would it?

Going green gives our industry and products a market advantage. Olympic dam having access to greater water resources is more about copper production for renewables, although having so much uranium will be very beneficial for exports in years to come

https://world-nuclear.org/information-l ... tries.aspx
This whole "green" concept and argument is nonsense, sorry, but we've been thrown head first by our federal government into this, and told there's only one answer/solution. At least the SA Government is exploring other options like hydrogen.
Toyota, the worlds biggest car manufacturer, has it right. They believe there isn't one blanket approach, like the greenies in Australia do. They invest $13 billion in r&d a year, does our federal government even invest that much?
This is Toyota's take on vehicles..
hybrids are better for the environment than EVs, because it takes the same amount of raw battery material to make a single electric vehicle as it does to make 90 hybrids, or six plug-in hybrids.
....
“If you only invest in a single way of getting to carbon neutrality, then you’re essentially ignoring all the other wonderful opportunities and technologies that exist in hydrogen fuel cell, synthetic fuels, etc…” said Mr Hanley.
They're actually investing heavily in hydrogen. It's something that our state government should be looking at teaming up with them on potentially.

Nuclear has zero emissions.
Sure it produces radioactive waste, in small amounts.
How much waste is produced to create those wonderful batteries and how much damage is caused by mining either?

Fact is we should, as a nation, have an approach similar to Toyotas.
A multi-faceted approach looking at all viable options.

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#14 Post by abc » Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:34 pm

mattblack wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 am
abc wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:36 pm
mattblack wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:29 pm
Possibly the most significant infrastructure project for the state for many dacades in the making.

260ml water desal and 600km pipeline to Olympic dam. Slated 5billion in economic benefits with 4000 jobs. Hydrogen, green steel, mining expansion reduced impact on artesian basin and agricultural opportunities.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-rel ... hern-water


https://www.northernwater.sa.gov.au/
so more exports of Uranium which we can't use because it isn't economically viable. It obviously is somewhere else though...
The point is that when you have the amount of renewable resources that we have (projected up to 500%) you can leverage towards green industry including steel and power. Having nuclear wouldn't make it very green would it?

Going green gives our industry and products a market advantage. Olympic dam having access to greater water resources is more about copper production for renewables, although having so much uranium will be very beneficial for exports in years to come

https://world-nuclear.org/information-l ... tries.aspx
Australia doesn't have a market advantage in anything. We pay more for energy than anywhere else and we import everything that needs to be manufactured.

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#15 Post by mattblack » Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:42 pm

abc wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:34 pm
mattblack wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 am
abc wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:36 pm


so more exports of Uranium which we can't use because it isn't economically viable. It obviously is somewhere else though...
The point is that when you have the amount of renewable resources that we have (projected up to 500%) you can leverage towards green industry including steel and power. Having nuclear wouldn't make it very green would it?

Going green gives our industry and products a market advantage. Olympic dam having access to greater water resources is more about copper production for renewables, although having so much uranium will be very beneficial for exports in years to come

https://world-nuclear.org/information-l ... tries.aspx
Australia doesn't have a market advantage in anything. We pay more for energy than anywhere else and we import everything that needs to be manufactured.
Thank you for your in depth analysis into the Australian/South Australian economy :hilarious:

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