Project opportunities
Industrial projects
| Industrial project | Estimated project value $million |
Stage | Location Qld region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Road Warehouses: Proposed preliminary approval for rezoning from rural to industrial for the construction of 4 building pads with combined area of 25.83ha & construction of 3 warehouse buildings. Building 1: 2 storey building with 15300sq m warehouse & 3400sq m office. Parking for 240 cars. 7890sq m landscaping. Building 2: 2 storey industrial building with 27000sq m warehouse & 3400sq m office. Parking for 360 cars. 18890sq m landscaping. Building 3: 2 storey industrial building with 18000sq m warehouse & 4000sq m office. Parking for 240 cars. 3600sq m landscaping. Reinforced concrete floor, concrete tilt panels, exposed steel supports awnings, cooper panels, commercial glazing to office, metal roller doors. (Source: Construction Forecasting Council) | 50 | Development Application | SE Queensland |
| Carbon Energy Bloodwood Creek Underground Coal Gasification Project: The proponent proposes to use a portion of the syngas produced by the larger scale project as fuel for a 30MW power generator to be located on the mining lease. The balance of the syngas may be used as a feedstock for a number of other uses, such as the production of ammonia, fertiliser, explosives, or methanol, and the supply of methane to a liquid natural gas facility. Sources: www.carbonenergy.com.au and EIS. | Not available | EIS in preparation | Darling Downs |
| Felton Mine and Dimethyl Ether Pilot Plant Project: Ambre Energy proposes to operate an open cut mine and a dimethyl ether (DME) pilot plant to produce syngas for the production of 455 tonnes per day of DME and the co-generation of electricity. Sources: www.ambreenergy.com and EIS. | 3,500 | EIS in preparation | Darling Downs |
| Fertiliser Plant Pickanjinnie: Queensland Fertilizer Assets Limited is undertaking a feasibility into the establishment and operation of a Nitrogen Plant to be located on freehold land at Pickanjinnie, 34 kilometres east of Roma. The facility will convert coal bed methane and natural gas to ammonia, which will be used to manufacture granular urea (350000 tonnes per annum), nitric acid (130 000 tonnes per annum), anhydrous ammonia (360 000 tonnes per annum) and low density ammonium nitrate (150 000 tonnes per annum). Source: EIS. | 600 | On hold | South West |
| Gladstone Steel Plant Project (Boulder Steel): New project, awaiting development approval for integrated steelmaking plant at a site within the Aldoga Precinct of the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA) in Central Queensland. The plant will produce high quality steel in bloom and round billet form (i.e. semi-finished steel) for export to overseas finishing plants. Ultimate production of 5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of steel product with an initial stage (Stage 1) of production proposed of 2.1 Mtpa. Proposed stage I and stage II are estimated at $1,400m each. Boulder Steel Limited is proposing to construct and operate an integrated steelmaking plant. The plant will produce high quality steel in bloom and round billet form (i.e. semi-finished steel) for export to overseas finishing plants with main elements being coke overns, sinter plant and blast furnaces, oxygen plant and continuous casters. Proposed construction start date Q3 2012. Pre-feasibility complete. Boulder Steel Limited reaffirmed its intention to build and operate the proposed $4 billion Gladstone Steel Plant Project in Augsut 2011. Sources: www.bouldersteel.com.au, www.gladstonesteelproject.com.au and EIS. | 4,000 | EIS being prepared by proponent | Fitzroy |
| Gold Coast Quarry Project: Boral Resources. Expected to include mobile crushing plants; Proprietary modular trains such as the Sandvik or Metso; fixed crushing plants and mobile fleet. Source: EIS. | 111 | EIS in preparation | SE Queensland |
| Linc Energy: Linc Energy Ltd proposes to produce ultra-clean synthetic liquid fuels through the underground coal gasification (UCG) of "stranded" coal resources that are considered to be sub-economic. The project will be located on Linc Energy's mining and exploration tenements 20 kilometres south-west of Chinchilla, in southern Queensland. It will be developed in stages, progressing from a proposed four barrel per day (bpd) demonstration GTL plant (not part of the significant project declaration), to a commercially-viable GTL plant producing approximately 40 000 bpd of diesel, as well as using the syngas to produce 200 megawatt of power in combined cycle power generation plant. Proponent preparing EIS, expected release for comment Q2 2011 See www.lincenergy.com.au and EIS. | 1,000 | EIS on hold while feasibility of underground coal gasification industry being investigated | Darling Downs |
| Maroochydore Bulky Goods Centre: Construction of bulky goods retail centre with 14 tenancies in 1 building. To include Harvey Norman Showroom, Domain Showroom , 4300sq m offices on the first floor (3 tenancies), 240sq m Restaurant. Semi basement parking Associated landscaping. (Source: Construction Forecasting Council) | 60 | Contract Let | SE Queensland |
| Mount Luce Quarry, Abbot Point: North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) is proposing to establish and operate an extractive industry (quarry) on Mount Luce (Mt Luce), Bowen. The quarry development would provide material for construction of current and future industrial developments proposed within the Abbot Point State Development Area. The quarry operation is scheduled to commence around mid November 2012. Production of 4.9 M bcm over 20 months is required for the first phase of developments within the APSDA needing material from the quarry. A period of approximately 5 months is allowed for the mobilisation/construction phase prior to operations commencing. The following activities are expected on site during construction and development: Vegetation clearing; Stripping of topsoil; Pre stripping overburden; Infrastructure construction including roads, buildings or workshops; Removal of material to form quarry benches; Rill construction along benches; Stockpiling of blasted materials on site; and Dozing of material for flat roads and to clear areas. Source: www.environment.gov.au. | Not available | EIS | Mackay |
| Moranbah Ammonium Nitrate Complex: construction of an ammonium nitrate (AN) manufacturing complex at Moranbah, in Central Queensland. The project, scheduled for beneficial operation in the first quarter of Calendar 2012. The project involves the construction of a 330,000 tonnes-a-year fully-integrated back-to-gas AN complex comprising ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants as well as utilities, power generation and other infrastructure to support the permanent workforce. Construction 55% complete at 15 November 2010. Operation now scheduled for the second quarter 2012. Source: www.incitecpivot.com. | 935 | Construction | Fitzroy |
| Pinkenba Ethanol Bio-Refinery: Primary Energy Pty Ltd proposes to establish a dry milling ethanol bio-refinery on an existing industrial site at Pinkenba in Brisbane. The proposed bio-refinery will consist of four main interlinfked processing units to maximise the energy and products created per tonne of grain. At full production the bio-refinery will process up to 400,000 tonnes of grain feedstock per annum to produce approximately 160 mega litres of fuel grade ethanol, 240,000 tonnes of fertiliser, 16,000 tonnes of aqueous ammonia and up to 28 megawatts of green electricity. Source: EIS. | 150 | On hold | SE Queensland |
| Project Iron Boomerang: Construction of a new rail line across Australia (east to west) to connect iron ore mines in the Pilbara WA with the QLD - Bowen Basin coal mines and industrial smelter park precincts at each end of the railway line, to manufacture first stage iron/steel (slabs etc.) for export to second stage rolling mills located within geographical mass market consuming countries. The project proposes to "back-load" the iron ore from WA to Qld and the coal from Qld to WA to both smelter parks. Project budget: railway 6,100m; rollingstock 1,300m; Moranbah coal hub $159m; Abbot Point precinct $1,700m; Newman precinct $1,700m; contingency $1,600m. Construction Schedule to begin 2012: - 3 years. Rail line and rolling stock equipment built and supplied, PIB Industrial Smelting Park lands prepared and at least 2 blast furnaces constructed at each end ready for the first conjoint operations to begin. 2015/6: Smelter Park units commence production and first trains run; PIB customer/shareholder global steelmakers/investors/associates will invite their national heads of government's to celebrate and ride on first continental crossing train. Source: www.eastwestlineparks.com.au. | 7,400 | Feasibility complete | North West-Northern-Mackay |
| Q Catering facility: The proposed design of the new Q Catering facility includes the provision of a single storey food production/assembly area with ancillary administration and maintenance facilities. Source: www.environment.gov.au. | Not available | EIS | SE Queensland |
| Sunstate Gas to Liquids Project: Pacific GTL Ltd world scale project to convert coal seam methane to ultra clean diesel to produce 17,000 barrel per day or six million barrels per year of refined product to cost approximately (AUD) $1.5 billion Expected completion 2015. See www.pacificgtl.com.au. | 1,500 | Feasibility | Darling Downs |
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