The Western Australian (WA) government will allocate land to seven projects, most of which are related to renewable energy production, with a collective investment of $70 billion (US$48.5 billion).
On Jan. 6, the WA government announced that it would allot land from the Boodarie and Ashburton North Strategic Industrial Areas (SIAs) to seven projects backed by large mining and energy corporations, both global and domestic.
Specifically, Equus Energy, a subsidiary of Western Gas Corporation, and Fortescue Future Industries will be allotted land in the Ashburton North SIA, an 8,000-hectare industrial zone located around 1,100 kilometres north of Perth.
In addition, Korean steelmaker POSCO, Fortescue Metals Group, Alinta Energy, UK-based Tees Valley Lithium and global oil giant BP have received land approvals for their projects in the Boodarie SIA, which is close to Port Hedland–the home to the world’s largest bulk export port….