Posted 4 days ago by bevans
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has defended his government’s dealings with controversial Chinese telco Huawei, which was barred from the National Broadband Network and is facing resistance in its push to supply equipment to Australia’s 5G wireless network.
Posted 4 days ago by bevans
South West MLC Diane Evers is urging the State Government to consider re-opening the Bunbury-Greenbushes rail line as the State prepares for an anticipated lithium boom.
Posted 5 days ago by newsbot
The board of mining giant BHP has approved the $4.49 billion development of its South Flank project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, with a targeted 80 million tonnes of annual production largely expected to replace output from the aging Yandi mine.
Posted 6 days ago by bevans
Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN, MRL, the Company) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF, Cliffs) to acquire the assets that were used by its wholly owned subsidiary, Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd, to run its Koolyanobbing iron ore operation in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A 20-kilometre stretch of the Kalgoorlie railway line may be uprooted in order to make room for an expansion of the Super Pit mine.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A business case to be drawn up within the next few weeks will explore the development of an intermodal facility in Kalgoorlie-Boulder and realignment of the main east-west rail line to the south of the city.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Passengers will pay about $5 to travel between Perth Airport and the CBD when the Forrestfield Airport rail line opens after the State Government pledged to subsidise fares.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
LEGISLATION to enable the Yanchep rail extension was recently introduced into State Parliament.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
WA’s grain belt could have enterprise-grade, affordable broadband services to rival the NBN within three years, under plans supported by CBH Group and rail network operator Arc Infrastructure.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The second tunnel boring machine working on Perth’s major Forrestfield-Airport Link project has broken through to the future site of the Airport Central Station.
TBM Sandy broke through to the arrival box on May 20, following TBM Grace, which arrived a few weeks earlier on May 8.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Around 143 km of new railway is to be built in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as part of a A$1·7bn development programme announced by Fortescue Metals Group Chief Executive Elizabeth Gaines on May 28.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
WA taxpayers will have to fork out $40 million a year to offset losses on the new $1.86 billion Forrestfield Airport rail link when it opens in 2020, Treasurer Ben Wyatt has revealed.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Fortescue Metals' board has approved the development of the Eliwana mine and rail project in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The machines boring the new Perth Airport link tunnel have made a significant breakthrough in the project, after progress stalled earlier this year.
Posted last month by newsbot
Trains on the Mandurah Line will be cancelled nightly from Monday between Cockburn and Mandurah stations.
Posted last month by bevans
TWO tunnel boring machines for the Forrestfield-Perth Airport rail link have reached the airport – about a quarter of the way into their 8km journey to Bayswater.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Rio Tinto has been granted accreditation by Australia’s Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator, approving the autonomous operation of iron ore trains in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the group announced on May 18.
Posted last month by bevans
The rise of machines that have been described as “the world’s largest and longest robots” - trains used to carry iron ore in the Pilbara - has stepped up a gear, with Rio Tinto getting approval for its autonomous trains from the rail safety regulator.
Posted last month by bevans
PERTH’s northern suburbs will be better connected with rail and road infrastructure under the 2018-19 State Budget.
Posted last month by bevans
Treasurer Ben Wyatt has rejected claims Labor's Metronet program is not fully funded, despite no further details in the 2018-19 WA budget on the State Government's share.
Posted last month by newsbot
A MAN has been taken to hospital after the car he was driving was struck by the Australind train in Waroona this morning.
Posted last month by bevans
PERTH commuters will be the big winners from a Metronet funding deal between the State and the Commonwealth, with almost $2 billion in Federal funds to flow to WA’s rail network.
Posted last month by bevans
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hinted more federal funds for the West Australian government's flagship Metronet rail project may be on the cards.
Posted last month by bevans
China’s biggest train manufacturer, CRRC Corporation, is expected to be a strong contender to build 246 new railcars over the next decade for the Western Australian government, with tenders to be released this week for the $1.6 billion infrastructure upgrade.
Posted last month by bevans
THE State Government will release a tender this week to build 246 new railcars for Perth over the next decade as part of a $1.6 billion Metronet project.
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