Selection of Australian-based projects
Major resources projects in Australian on which our lawyers have been involved include:
- The AUD800 million Hail Creek coking coal project in Queensland;
- The AUD200 million Woodlawn lead/zinc project in the Australian Capital Territory;
- The AUD250 million Tarong coal project in Queensland;
- The AUD850 million Blair Athol coal project in Queensland;
- The AUD450 million Argyle diamond project in Western Australia;
- The AUD420 million Channar iron ore project in Western Australia;
- The AUD50 million Benambra copper project in Victoria;
- The AUD30 million Airlie oil project in Western Australia; and
- The AUD2 billion AUSI direct-reduced iron project in Western Australia.
Ongoing project advice included the Bougainville copper project in Papua New Guinea, Australian Mining & Smelting Limited which operated the Broken Hill lead zinc mines, and other smelting operations around Australia, Europe and the United States. This work involved corporate restructuring, negotiating sales contracts and project financings and ongoing government negotiations.