2012
Plans step up for vital ports
TWO Spencer Gulf ports that are the key nodes in an infrastructure blueprint for the resources industry are ploughing ahead with their plans. The Port Spencer project, 20km north of Tumby Bay, will enter the public consultation phase within days.
"Our Public Environmental Report has been submitted to the Government in draft form and we have had comments back from them, and so it will be available for public scrutiny in the very near future," Centrex Metals managing director Jim White said. Click here to read more.... Resource boom will stretch state to the limit
SOUTH Australia will need three new airports, use twice as much diesel and will be forced to cope with four times the number of heavy trucks on the roads as $35 billion in mining projects start in the next decade.
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Mining towns lead list of property hotspots
Regional towns linked to the mining industry are expected to again be among the top-performing property markets in Australia in 2012, according to hotspotting.com.au director Terry Ryder.
Ryder has picked five mining towns (Port Hedland, Newcastle, Bowen, Whyalla and Darwin) among the best prospects for 2012 even though he warned investors to avoid mining towns in general on a list of No-Go Zones he compiled in August last year. The 2011 no-go list included the mining towns of Kalgoorlie and Mount Isa. Click here to read more.... |