Core Lithium will hold an analyst and investor conference on today via Webcast following the release of its December Quarterly Activities Report, amid expectations that Australian lithium prices will continue their decline with increased Chinese competition.
In the last week the NT Government has released 12 tenders, including General Roofing Works to NT Government Assets for a Period of 36 Months in Darwin Region.
A massive expansion of the Territory’s gas industry in the Beetaloo Basin and at the proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct could emit more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years, casting doubts on the NT Labor Government’s pledge to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2050, climate experts have said.
The NT Environment Minister has given gas giant Santos environmental approval for its Darwin gas pipeline duplication project, with the NT EPA’s environmental assessment highlighting potential significant impacts from the project, including dredging, but also cited the NT government’s economic strategy for the Middle Arm industrial precinct.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler has revealed her “vitally important” trip to Japan next week will cost taxpayers just over $19,000 for her and two staffers, while stating the trip is necessary to meet with Inpex because the NT Government’s relationship with the Japanese gas giant is “probably just as big as our relationship with the Federal Government”.
The NT Government awarded 13 contracts in the last week to a total of $38 million with the largest being awarded to Multiple Companies for Panel Contract for Construction Materials Conformance Testing in the Northern Territory for a Period of 60 Months, All Regions.
Qantas has announced it will be flying from Darwin to Singapore beginning in December this year.
Former NT Administrator Vicki O’Halloran has left an executive position at Charles Darwin University less than four months after being directly appointed to the role without having to apply, the vice-chancellor has said.
Eva Lawler will take her first overseas trip as Chief Minister to Japan next week to “grow the Territory’s exports”, engaging in trade talks as part of the as yet un-costed trip, that the Opposition says needs to be disclosed to Territorians immediately.
The Federal Court has ruled Santos can lay its gas pipeline which runs off the coast of Bathurst Island after finding the proposed pipe route would not endanger Indigenous cultural heritage sites.
The NT Government awarded 52 contracts in the last week to a total of $8.4 million with the largest being awarded to The Trustee for the Larrakia Development Trust for Provision of Grounds Maintenances Services for a Period of 36 Months in Defence Accommodation Precinct Darwin.
Core Lithium has announced temporarily suspending mining operations at its lithium mine is one of the options the company is considering after a massive drop in the price of spodumene concentrate, which is a high-purity lithium ore.
