Urea Plant, Western Australia

  • Operators: Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers
  • Location: Collie, south of Perth
  • Timeframe: 3 year construction, expected to commence construction in 2010, full production by November 2013. Construction contracts are due to be finalised in February 2010.
  • Cost: US$2.5b
  • Employment: 1,500 construction jobs and 200 permanent jobs
  • Status: Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has recently signed a binding Heads of Agreement for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) work for the project involving Samsung Engineering of Korea and P.T. Inti Karya Persada Tehnik of Indonesia.