Tag: Collie 6225
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]
Political dogfight over gas
The Opposition has labelled the State Government's handling of the gas crisis as being spin over substance saying it has tried to hide delays in recommissioning mothballed power stations.[MORE]
