Murrin Murrin Joint Venture
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The Murrin Murrin Joint Venture is a major nickel-cobalt mining operation being conducted in the North Eastern Goldfields, approximately 60 km east of Leonora, Western Australia. The Project is a joint venture between Murrin Murrin Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minara Resources Ltd (whose share is 60%) and Glenmurrin Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG, which has a 40% share.
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[edit] Geology
Murrin Murrin mines a laterite nickel ore formed by deep weathering of a peridotite ultramafic rock.
[edit] Problems with the Murrin Murrin process plant
Significant problems and delays were encounted in the design, construction and commissioning of the ore process plant at Murrin Murrin [1]
The designers [2], eventually had to pay the joint venture partners $155 (AUD) million in out of court settlement. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Nedeljkovic, Zoran. (1998) Andrew Forrest : a key to Murrin Murrin's past and future.Mining chronicle (West Perth, W.A.) Late June 1998, p. 6
- ^ http://www.fluor.com/ Fluor
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_18-4_112/ai_n6031295
[edit] External links
- http://www.glencore.com/pages/a_murrin.htm - Glencore
- http://www.minara.com.au/company/projects/default.asp - Minara
- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_18-4_112/ai_n6031295 Murrin Murrin partners to get $113M settlement from Fluor
