CORE LITHIUM Issue 32

FULL SPEED AHEAD

Core Lithium is developing the Finniss Project only 25 kilometres – or one hour’s drive on sealed roads – from Darwin. It’s set to be Australia’s most cost-effective lithium project to date. In fact, while a number of lithium projects in Western Australia have closed in the past couple of years while lithium prices idled, Core...

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Business

CASSY TAKES OVER

Environmental scientist Cassy Schmidt is the new NT director of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association. She sees her Darwin-based role as not just helping form policy but staying tuned to community feeling. “I live here, so I will be around all the time, listening to people, taking note of their concerns and...

KGL RESOURCES Business

A COPPER-PLATED OPPORTUNITY

The price of copper is strong – like all minerals, it has ups and downs, but the trend is forcefully upwards as the world switches to electric vehicles, which use nearly four times the amount of copper as conventional vehicles. Production of electric vehicles is skyrocketing. There are more than 10 million on the road in the world – with...

Biosecurity Issue 32

DOGS COME TO OUR DEFENCE

Zacc and Scout have been trained to sniff out citrus canker, a highly contagious bacterial disease that is a serious threat to Australia’s citrus industry. Thanks to industry and public support, the NT Government has recently led a successful eradication program, securing proof of freedom from the disease in April. The NT has a formidable...

INPEX Business

INPEX legacy asset lives on as world-class quarantine facility

But that’s exactly what happened in February 2020 – less than a year after INPEX had transferred ownership of the facility to the NT Government at a peppercorn rate. “Obviously, when the accommodation village opened, we had no idea that in a few short years it would play an important role as a quarantine facility,” says INPEX...

SANTOS Business

SANTOS COMMITS TO THE TERRITORY LONG TERM

The final investment decision (FID) on the Barossa gas project, located offshore the Northern Territory, clears the way for an investment boom in the north. The $4.8 billion Barossa gas project kickstarts the $800 million investment in the Darwin LNG life extension and pipeline tie-in projects, which will extend the facility life for about 20...

RIO TINTO Business

OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE

For its part, Rio Tinto says preparing the town and region for a positive future after mining and ensuring it leaves a lasting legacy are very important parts of its mine closure plan, which the miner is determined to get right. The Gove closure program is one of Rio Tinto’s largest and most complex projects Following the 2017...

NT Training Awards Business

TRAINING PAYS OFF

Andy Creber was a respected 40-year-old auto-electrician when he decided to go “back to school” and become an apprentice diesel fitter.  He is now a dual tradesman and leading hand at Hastings Deering in Darwin. Andy received strong support from the company and his partner Tina, but “starting at the bottom again” was still...

Civil Contractors Federation NT Business

MEETING THE CHALLENGES AND RECOGNISING THE BRILLIANCE

People underestimate the ability of Northern Territory industry. They question its capability to deliver national and international standard projects. But the fact remains we live and work in some of the most difficult terrains in the country and, therefore, we have finely skilled operators who deliver. Each year, the Civil Contractors...

Hospitality NT Business

STRONG DOMESTIC TOURISM PROJECTED BUT THERE’S STILL A COVID IMPACT

Twelve months on from the start of the covid-19 pandemic all projections indicate we are heading for a strong domestic tourism dry season, especially in the Top End.  Our reverse seasonality means that there is nowhere better to be during the miserable southern winter than the Northern Territory. It does not mean all the Territory will...

Farmworld NT Business

WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL

Farmworld does a lot more than sell world-class agricultural machinery and equipment. It has also built up a reputation for superb after-sales service. The company’s motto is: We service what we sell. Director David “Sando” Sanderson says: “We don’t just sell to customers and forget about it, expecting them to go elsewhere for...

Weirys Diesel & Mechanical Services Business

WEIRY’S STRIVING TO BE THE BEST

Highly regarded auto mechanic Mathew Weir and his partner Mandy Konieczny are unashamedly in pursuit of excellence. Their business, Weiry’s Diesel & Mechanical Services, started in a small shed in Humpty Doo two years ago and they have worked hard to build a solid clientele base by providing exceptional service. “Working...