The United States Government will begin construction of a $270 million aviation fuel storage facility that will stock up to 300 million litres of fuel to support American military operations in the Pacific later this month, with preliminary works already commencing the NT Government has said.
It’s last call for applications for the 2022 Rural Women’s Award, which is offering a $15,000 bursary for Territory women who have developed concepts that could benefit the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries.
In the last week the NT Government has released 23 tenders, including Pavement Repairs and Maintenance of Gravel Roads and Airstrips for a Period of 36 Months. Click here to read the full list of tenders released this week.
A legal fight between energy giant Santos and one of Australia’s biggest landholding companies has ended in the NT Supreme Court, after Santos agreed to pay $400,000 after failing to inform the property owner of an expanded fracking operation on their land in the Beetaloo Basin near Daly Waters.
Former NT Labor staffer Cathryn Tilmouth has been appointed NT executive director of the Minerals Council of Australia.
The NT Government awarded 9 contracts in the last week to a total of $8.3 million with the largest being awarded to Westlab Pty Ltd for supply and delivery of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests.
A Territory business at the centre of a vaccination row with the NT Government has had their calls for support answered, with more than 100 people showing up to protest the government’s COVID-19 vaccine policy Monday morning.
Non-profit groups and an energy producer were the biggest winners of NT Government contracts since the pandemic began almost two years ago, an NT Independent analysis of NT Government awarded contracts since COVID-19 shows.
UPDATED: Energy industry insiders have speculated that Woodside Energy may well be on the verge of cutting WA out of its Browse gas development project by shipping gas to INPEX’s Darwin operation – a move that would see WA lose out again to the NT.
Darwin property developer Michael Anthony has been fined $300,000 for intentionally contravening pollution abatement notices after dumping 15,000 tonnes of demolition and construction waste and other contaminants into Darwin Harbour.
Top End Energy, which holds a 50 per cent interest in 30 exploration permit applications across the NT, will begin trading on the ASX on Dec 22 under the ASX code of TEE. The company is seeking to raise $6.4 million by issuing 32 million shares for $0.20 per share.
OM Manganese Limited will cease its mining operations at Bootu Creek this month after 15 years, according to the company.
