MAJOR PROJECTS SNAPSHOT: 2018
BBI PROJECT 1
Balla Balla Infrastructure Group (100%) www.bbig.com.au 50mtpa iron ore operation with a 162km-long railway and port facility between Port Hedland and Karratha.
• Capital cost: $6 billion
• Jobs: 3300 construction, 900 operational positions
• Starts development: 2018 pending a FID
• First production: 2021
• Mine life: ~30 years
SOUTH FLANK 2
BHP (100%) www.bhp.com South Flank will expand the existing Mining Area C hub and replace iron ore production from the 80mtpa Yandi mine when it reaches the end of its life in the early to mid-2020s.
• Capital cost: $US3.2 billion
• Jobs: Several thousand during construction
• Starts development: Preliminary works underway, construction begins mid-to-late 2018 pending FID
• First production: 2021
CENTRAL EYRE IRON PROJECT 3
Iron Road (100%) www.ironroadlimited.com.au 21.5mtpa magnetite iron project located on the Eyre Peninsula, comprising a collection of three iron occurrences (Warramboo, Kopi and Hambidge).
• Capital cost: $4.5 billion
• Jobs: Almost 2000 during construction, 700 operational positions
• Starts Development: Mid-to-late 2018 pending FID
• First production: Mid-to-late 2021
• Mine life: 25+ years
KOOKABURRA GULLY 4
Lincoln Minerals (100%) www.lincolnminerals.com.au An open-pit mine near Koppio with a planned output of up to 40,000tpa of high grade graphite concentrate.
• Capital cost: $44 million
• Jobs: 60 during construction, 30 operational positions
• Development start date: 2018
• First production: 2019
• Mine life: 10+ years
MOUNT PEAKE 5
TNG (100%) www.tngltd.com.au Up to 6mtpa vanadium, titanium and iron ore project south of Tennant Creek.
• Capital cost: $853m (Stage 1)
• Jobs: 1700 during construction, 600 operational positions
• Development start date: 2018 (subject to approvals)
• First production: subject to approvals
• Mine life: 19+ years
CHANDLER SALT MINE 6
Tellus Holdings (100%) www.tellusholdings.com The development of an underground salt mine and waste storage facility south of Alice Springs.
• Capital cost: ~ $676 million
• Jobs: 350 during construction, 180 operational positions
• Development start date: Q4 2018 (subject to approvals)
• First production: subject to approvals
• Mine life: 500 years (initial 21 years)
WOODLAWN PROJECT 7
Heron Resources (100%) www.heronresources.com.au/ The 1.5mtpa Woodlawn Zinc-Copper Project is fully funded to production with construction kicking off in September 2017.
• Capital cost: $156 million
• Jobs: 250 jobs during construction and more than 150 operational positions
• Development start date: September 2017
• First production: Late 2018, early 2019
• Mine life: an initial 9.3 years
SYERSTON PROJECT 8
Clean TeQ (100%) www.cleanteq.com The 2.5mtpa open pit project is designed to produce high purity nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate products targeted solely for the lithium-ion battery market. BFS due in Q1 2018.
• Capital cost: $US680 million
• Jobs: 1000 during construction, [operational positions unknown]
• Development start date: Q2 2018
• First production: [unknown]
• Mine life: an initial 20 years
LATROBE PROJECT 9
Latrobe Magnesium (100%) http://latrobemagnesium.com Latrobe Magnesium is developing a magnesium production plant in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley using its world-first patented extraction process.
• Capital cost: (Stage 1) $40 million, (Stage 2) $325 million
• Jobs: (Stage 1) construction 75, operational positions 50 (Stage 2) construction 240, operational positions 297
• Development start date: July 2018
• First production: July 2019 (Stage 1 3000tpa) 2020 (Stage 2 40,000tpa)
• Mine life: an initial 20 years
10 CARMICHAEL PROJECT
Adani (100%) www.adaniaustralia.com 60mtpa mine with six open cut pits and five underground mines; 389km railway to Abbot Point export terminal
• Capital cost: $16.5 billion
• Jobs: 10,000 direct and indirect jobs during construction and operation
• Development start date: 2018 pending funding
• First production: pending funding
• Mine life: 60+ years