A WA parliamentary question seeks details on State Government assistance provided to the Rio Tinto Hismelt project, including its purpose, cost, and benefits. The answer details facilitation, commercial leases, and port services, highlighting the goal of value-adding to iron ore within the state.

AnsweredQoN 1020Legislative Assembly
Asked
26 February 2003
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State Development

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(1) What State Government assistance has been provided for the Rio Tinto Hismelt project?
(2) What is the purpose of providing the assistance?
(3) What is the total cost to the State Government of providing the assistance?
(4) Did the Government offer the assistance in the first instance?
(5) If the answer to (4) is yes, specifically why was the assistance offered?
(6) Specifically what does the State get in return for the assistance offered?
(7) If the answer to (4) is no, who asked that any assistance be offered?
(8) How will the value or benefit to the State of the assistance be measured?
(9) Who will measure the value or benefit to the State of the assistance?
(10) From where can a copy of the relevant Government policy be obtained in which the conditions for granting this kind of assistance to companies are outlined?
(11) Which other companies have received similar assistance in the last five years?

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Answered
1 April 2003
Responded by
Minister for State Development
Response time
34 days
(1) The Office of Major Projects (OMP) has facilitated the project. LandCorp has provided a commercial lease and Fremantle Port Authority (FPA) has contracted to provide port services on a commercial basis. (2) To facilitate downstream processing of the State's iron ore within the State and thus gain all the economic and other benefits that arise from such developments. (3) The HIsmelt project will take place on the former BHP Billion site at Kwinana which was acquired by FPA and LandCorp. The port facilities and land acquired by FPA are being used for the handling of bulk commodities for a range of customers and will also be used for handling of HIsmelt products. Part of the land acquired by LandCorp is leased to HIsmelt at commercial rates. Part is leased to several heavy industry users with the balance to be leased out to future appropriate heavy industry users. The cost of facilitation services to the project is essentially restricted to salary costs in various agencies. (4) Facilitation by OMP was sought by HIsmelt. (5) N/A. (6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(2) To facilitate downstream processing of the State's iron ore within the State and thus gain all the economic and other benefits that arise from such developments. (3) The HIsmelt project will take place on the former BHP Billion site at Kwinana which was acquired by FPA and LandCorp. The port facilities and land acquired by FPA are being used for the handling of bulk commodities for a range of customers and will also be used for handling of HIsmelt products. Part of the land acquired by LandCorp is leased to HIsmelt at commercial rates. Part is leased to several heavy industry users with the balance to be leased out to future appropriate heavy industry users. The cost of facilitation services to the project is essentially restricted to salary costs in various agencies. (4) Facilitation by OMP was sought by HIsmelt. (5) N/A. (6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(3) The HIsmelt project will take place on the former BHP Billion site at Kwinana which was acquired by FPA and LandCorp. The port facilities and land acquired by FPA are being used for the handling of bulk commodities for a range of customers and will also be used for handling of HIsmelt products. Part of the land acquired by LandCorp is leased to HIsmelt at commercial rates. Part is leased to several heavy industry users with the balance to be leased out to future appropriate heavy industry users. The cost of facilitation services to the project is essentially restricted to salary costs in various agencies. (4) Facilitation by OMP was sought by HIsmelt. (5) N/A. (6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(4) Facilitation by OMP was sought by HIsmelt. (5) N/A. (6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(5) N/A. (6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(6) A HIsmelt plant is partial fulfilment of an objective of successive governments of value adding to the State's iron ore and the potential to expand this valuable industry in Western Australia and ensuring appropriate and productive use of this strategic heavy industrial land. (7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(7) Facilitation was initiated following an approach by the proponent. (8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(8) By a variety of measures including tax income, unemployment measures, impact on the State's GDP, and other relevant measures. (9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(9) Treasury and other relevant Government Departments. (10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(10) The conditions in which Government provides assistance to companies varies according to the circumstances in which the assistance is given and are not contained within a single policy document. (11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
(11) The attached is a non-exhaustive list of companies which have received facilitation assistance from the Office of Major Projects in the past five years. Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies
Albany Plantation Forest Company of Australia Pty Ltd Alcoa World Alumina Australia Aluminium Pechiney Anaconda Nickel Limited AngloGold Australasia Ltd Apache Energy Limited ARC Energy NL Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited Austeel Pty Ltd BHP Billiton BP Australia Limited Bulong Operations Pty Ltd Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd Centaur Mining & Exploration Ltd ChevronAustralia Pty Ltd ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd Cockburn Cement Limited Consolidated Gas Pty Ltd Consolidated Minerals Limited Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd Dampier Salt Limited Delta Gold Ltd Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd Dow Chemical Company Epic Energy ESSO Australia Ltd. Ferro Alloys Pty Ltd Fox Resources Goldfields Gas Transmission JV GTL Resources PLC Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd Gunson Resources Limited Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Hansol Australia Pty Ltd Heron Resources Ltd HIsmelt Corporation Pty Ltd HiTec Energy NL Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd Hudson Resources Limited Iluka Resources Limited Itochu Australia Ltd Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd Japan DME Ltd Jubilee Mines NL Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd Kimberley Diamond Co Pty Ltd Kimberley Oil NL Kingstream Steel Ltd LionOre Australia (Nickel) Ltd Lynas Corporation Ltd Methanex Australia Pty Ltd Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd Mineralogy Pty Ltd Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. Mobil Exploration and Producing Australia Limited Mt Gibson Iron NL Newmont Mining Australia Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd Normandy Mining Ltd North Mining Ltd North West Shelf Venture Participants Onslow Salt Pty Ltd Ord Hydro Pty Ltd Pacific Energy Limited Platinum Australia Limited Plenty River Corporation Ltd Portman Mining Limited Precious Metals Australia Ltd Rio Tinto Limted Robe River Limited Sally Malay Mining Limited Santos Ltd Sasol Chevron Global Joint Venture Saturn Methanol Company LLC Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd Shell Development (Australia) Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd Sons of Gwalia Ltd Stirling Resources NL Straits Resources Limited Syntroleum Corporation Terrex Resources NL Texaco Oil Development Company The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Limited Tidal Energy Australia Pty Ltd Tiwest Joint Venture WA Kaolin Holdings Pty Ltd Wandoo Alliance WESBEAM Pty Ltd Wesfarmers CSBP Wesfarmers Limited WESFI LIMITED WESPINE Industries Pty Ltd Western Agricultural Industries Pty Ltd Western Mining Corporation Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd And other companies

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