BHP Billiton Iron Ore has contracted joint venture partners, RCR Tomlinson and Laing O'Rourke to design and construct primary and secondary crushing facilities, including overland conveyors, for their $150m Rapid Growth Project 5 in the Pilbara. 

The JV will commence design work immediately, with construction completed by the first quarter of 2011.  In addition, the joint venture also has a strategic supply agreement with BHP Billiton Iron Ore to supply apron feeders for new projects in the next five years.

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has signed a binding Heads of Agreement for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) work for its Collie Urea Project in Western Australia involving Samsung Engineering of Korea and P.T. Inti Karya Persada Tehnik of Indonesia. 

Samsung will act as the lead contractor for the EPC work on the US$2.5b Collie (Western Australia) Urea plant which is expected to generate around 1,500 jobs during the three year construction phase of the project and 200 permanent jobs during the plant operations.

Ausco Modular has secured a contract with BHP Billiton's iron ore expansion project worth $36m to install a 1200 bed village and associated facilities at Yandi in the north of Western Australia.

A modular building supplier, Ausco will start work on the village and facilities this month and hand over the completed project at the end of January 2010.

Their website does not necessarily indicate an increase in labour requirements, however you can make enquiries or submit your application to hr@ausco.com.au.

In May, we blogged about BG and the Queensland Curtis LNG Project (QCLNG) when BG Group announced that it had signed a LNG Project Development Agreement with one of China's leading integrated energy companies, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and its affiliates (CNOOC).

BG Group's wholly-owned business, QGC, continues to make good progress with QCLNG. Upstream exploration, appraisal and development activities are advancing and Front End Engineering and Design work is underway.

GLNG has announced today a binding Heads of Agreement to sell 2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas to PETRONAS with an option for an additional 1mtpa.  The Agreement covers the sale and delivery of LNG to PETRONAS for a period of 20 years beginning in 2014 and the LNG will be utilised in the Malaysian domestic gas market.  The Agreement is conditional only upon the GLNG project reaching a final investment decision.

As a recruiter, quite often I get asked, "can I have some feedback as to why I was unsuccessful in gaining an interview".

Well, first impressions are very important, as we all know, so why is it that people do not think about this when submitting a resume.

Your resume is your "foot in the door" so to speak, and generally the first contact between yourself and the company's recruitment department so it is imperative that your resume is set out well and is designed to catch the eye of the recruiter.