Bhanu-WA Mining 2014

Government of Western Australia Department of State Development

Welcome to Western AustraliaPresenter: Bhanu Rahoni

Manager – Trade and Investment, Government of Western Australia


About Western Australia

• Nation’s largest state

• Abundance of natural resources: minerals, petroleum, precious metals and gems

• Relaxed lifestyle with high quality infrastructure.


MAJOR PROJECTS CAPEX $USMillion

CommodityCommitted/

Under Construction

Planned Possible

Alumina 2,737 1,500 Gold 833 75 228 Iron Ore 22,799 25,808 22,851 Nickel 164 2,705 5,094 Other Minerals, Commodities and Infrastructure

15,261 6,466 11,196

41,794 36,554 39,369 Crude Oil and Condensate 1,800

LNG 57,000 72,950 37,000 Gas 6,010 5,615 1,300 Pipelines and Infrastructure 65 800

64,875 79,365 38,300

Total Forecast Investment 106,669 115,919 77,669

Massive investment in major resource projects

(as at 1 March 2011)


Exports by sector 2010-11A$111.7 billion total merchandise exports

Source: Department of Agriculture and Food WA and Department of Mines and Petroleum

Mining and petroleum; 95%

Agriculture, fisheries and forestry; 5%

A$111.7 billion total merchandise exports

46 per cent of the national total


WA’s top 10 export destinations


Western AustraliaRich in Resources and METS


Base Metals - Plenty of investment opportunities

• 31 new discoveries in 2010• Variety of tectonic units• Many have by-product Au, Ag or Ni• Continuation of recent discoveries

in Proterozoic rocks

New Cu, Pb, Zn discoveries in 2010

WA’s Cu resourcesCu: 8.9 MtPb: 9.5 MtZn: 7.5 Mt

859

184

183

Base Metal (Cu, Pb, Zn) Projects*

Mine

Advanced Explo-ration

Exploration

Grass Roots

n = 434

*Base metals may not be primary fo-cus of exploration


Extending the search elsewhere

Golden Grove1394 kt Zn, 782 kt Cu, 128 kt Pb

Quinns–Austin58 m at 2% Cu, 0.42 g/t Au and 8.6 g/t Ag inc. 5 m at 10.2% Cu, 2 g//t Au and

36.4 g/t Ag

Magellan1463 kt Pb

DeGrussa600 kt Cu, 658 920 oz Au, 5.1 Moz Ag

BentleyDiscovered in late 2008

226 kt Zn, 42 kt Cu, 14 kt Pb, 435 561 oz Au, 8.9 Moz Ag

Boddington1351 kt Cu and 30 Moz Au

Abra3.7Mt Pb, 201 kt Cu, 93 kt

Zn, 21 Moz Ag

Yuinmery1.1Mt @ 1.8%Cu & 0.8g/t Au

Recent discoveries make WA a base metal hot spot

New base metal prospective zone

Proterozoic

Archean

Horseshoe Lights4.9Mt @ 1% Cu for 48kt Cu


Iron Ore – Big Projects

• WA has almost all of Australia's EDR* - about 92% occurring in the Pilbara district

*Economic demonstrated resource


Manganese

WA has 50 year history of producing metallurgical grade manganese.

2009 production of 900 kt of mn ore from Woodie Woodie and Horse Shoe South mines

Current mineral resources contain 37 500 kt of mn

Baramine Mn prospect in the Pilbara region


Mineral Sands Industry

Iluka Resources Ltd

Bemax Resources Ltd

Tiwest joint venture &

Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd

Rutile, ilmenite, Zircon and Monazite


Remote control technologies and automation system solutions

Airborne and ground geophysics, and GPS positioning

Exploration and 3D mine design software, including mine production management and control, and data management solutions

Drilling and blasting services, including drilling fluids and down hole instrumentation

EPC management services

Resource services are world-class


WA Mining Services Companies

Surface and underground mining equipment simulators

World’s most wear resistant fused alloy steel plate

Best-known for their mobile lighting technology


Perth is an attractive base

• The global players are here, and not just in mining:

- Gemcom - Fenner Dunlop - BHP

Billiton- IBM - ThyssenKrupp - Alcoa- Newmont - Mitsubishi - CAE- Raytheon - GE - Polysius- Chevron - ConocoPhillips - Shell- Siemens - Bristow Helicopters - Metso- Cobham - GL Noble Denton - Rio Tinto


• Nifty Copper: Aditya Birla Limited

• Collie – Griffin Coal: Lanco Infratech Ltd

• Collie Coal to Urea project: Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers

• Duchess – Paradise Coal: Gujarat NRE Minerals Ltd

• NMDC’s latest investment in Legacy Iron Ore mine

Significant Indian mining investments in WA


WA wants to attract more investment from India

USA; 31%

Canada; 5%

UK; 27%

China; 16%

Japan; 2%NZ; 6%

Sth Korea; 2%

India 2%

Other; 8%

Foreign Exploration & Development Investment 2009-10

Source: Foreign Investment Review Board

North America = 37%

Total Foreign Investment 2009-10: $80.92 Billion


Government of WA Trade & Investment office

• We Assist Western Australian Companies to Access commercial Opportunities in India.

• We Assist Indian Companies Interested in Sourcing Goods and Services from Western Australia.

• We Assist Indian Companies Interested in Investing in Western Australia


Further information

Government of Western Australia

Trade and Investment office

Bhanu Rahoni Manager – Trade and Investment

Tel: +91 22 6630 3973/ 76

Email: [email protected]

Websites: www.watoindia.in and www.dsd.wa.gov.au

Government of Western Australia – Trade and Investment office

93, Jolly Maker Chambers 2, Nariman Point

Mumbai 400 021

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.watoindia.in/

http://www.dsd.wa.gov.au/

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