Tag: Collie 6225
PM's office hears fertiliser plant proposal
A proposal to build a fertiliser plant in Collie is moving forward, with the proponents discussing their plans with staff from the Prime Minister's office last week.[MORE]
Work starts on heat and power plant
Work is underway to build a $500 million heat and power plant at Worsley Alumina's refinery near Collie.[MORE]
Power station owner to reveal debt woes
Verve Energy says its coal-fired power station at Collie is at risk of being run into the ground because of old technology, a lack of profitability and the impending carbon emissions trading scheme.[MORE]
Collie industrial lots up for sale
Ten lots at a new light industrial area in Collie are due to go on sale this weekend.[MORE]
Probe continues into Collie coal blast
An investigation into an explosion at a Collie coal processing plant, which caused a worker to suffer severe burns, is expected to resume today.[MORE]
Inspectors visit site of Collie coal mine fire
Safety inspectors will today visit a coal mine where a man suffered serious burns in a fire yesterday.[MORE]
Worker injured in Collie coal mine explosion
An explosion at a coal mine near Collie has left one man with severe burns.[MORE]
Federation up-beat about pallet maker's future
The Forest Industries Federation says it is confident a Collie-based pallet manufacturer will continue operating under a new owner.[MORE]
Doubts raised over dam water piping plan
Irrigation co-operative Harvey Water has questioned whether drinking water should be piped from Wellington Dam to Perth.[MORE]
Libs hope to tap Wellington Dam
The newly appointed Minister for Water, Graham Jacobs, is hoping to turn Wellington Dam, south of Perth, into a drinking water source by 2015.[MORE]
Jacobs wants Wellington Dam desalination
The newly appointed Western Australian Minister for Water, Graham Jacobs, wants to turn Wellington Dam into a drinking water source by 2015.[MORE]
Murray named Opposition agriculture spokesman
The Labor Member for Collie-Preston, Mick Murray, has been appointed Opposition spokesman for agriculture, forestry and racing and gaming.[MORE]
Darling Plateau catchment inflow halves
The Department of Water says changes to climate and forest practices appear to have caused a decline in water run-off into catchments between Mundaring and Collie.[MORE]
ALP says Collie-Preston too close to call
The Labor Party is yet to claim victory in the new electorate of Collie-Preston, saying the seat is too close to call.[MORE]
Residents angry over shires relocation plan
South-west Western Australian residents have voiced their anger at moves to relocate the shires of Manjimup and Bridgetown-Greenbushes out of the federal electorate of Forrest and into Kalgoorlie.[MORE]
MPs accused of ignoring dental clinic warnings
South-west dental workers have accused MPs from both sides of politics of ignoring warnings that Western Australia's dental clinics are in crisis.[MORE]
Verve Energy cancels plans to increase power supplies at Muja plant
Verve Energy has decided not to recommission a third unit at its Muja coal fired power plant in Collie.[MORE]
ALP offers Collie-Preston election sweetener
The marginal seat of Collie-Preston has been promised a $7.5 million package should Labor retain office at the coming election.[MORE]
Green group backs biomass plant idea
The Conservation Council of Western Australia has welcomed a proposal to convert a recommissioned coal-fired power station in Collie into a biomass plant.[MORE]
Collie power station to help ease energy crisis
A power station in Collie is back online two months after an explosion at Apache Energy's gas plant on Varanus Island cut the state's energy supplies by 30 per cent.[MORE]
Collie Power Station back on-line
The Collie Power Station has been put back into service, freeing up gas and diesel supplies for businesses hit hard by the state's gas crisis.[MORE]
Worsley Alumina conducts road safety study near mines
Worsley Alumina is conducting a road safety study in the lead up to its $2.5 billion expansion in the south-west.[MORE]
Coal group fears Garnaut Report cost
A working group investigating the future of coal says implementing the Garnaut Report will cost the industry millions of dollars.[MORE]
WA lacks contingency power plan: academic
Energy experts say delays in recommissioning power plants to ease Western Australia's gas crisis is further proof the state did not have proper contingency plans.[MORE]
