East Rockingham Waste to Energy

A new report has found Western Australia is likely to fall well short of its 2020 waste recovery targets, continuing a long pattern of failure.

Blue Phoenix Group is planning to invest $20 million establishing a specialist processing facility in Kwinana after striking a contract with the developer of a giant waste-to-energy plant.

The East Rockingham Waste to Energy project has won a public tender to process residual waste from the Western Metropolitan Regional Council.

Adrian Fini-led developer Hesperia has launched an industrial estate in Rockingham, attracting strong interest through pre-sales.

With several projects under way, the state also needs to develop markets for its recycled products in pursuit of a circular economy.

The company building the Hazelmere wood waste-to-energy project has entered administration, after work on the plant stopped around Christmas amid rising cost pressures.

Former treasurer Mike Nahan is chairing a business that plans to manufacture cathode material in Kwinana.

AusGroup’s Australian businesses will likely be sold after the contractor’s Singaporean parent entered restructuring, but the company has promised no disruption to local operations.

UPDATED: France’s Altrad Services has become one of the largest maintenance and construction contractors in WA after buying Perth-based AGC from its debt-laden parent AusGroup.

Acciona has locked out the owners of the East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant, following a dispute believed to be north of $100 million.

More than $1.6 billion is being invested in waste treatment projects in WA, but it may not be enough to improve the state’s poor track record.

The $500 million East Rockingham Waste to Energy facility currently under construction will power part of the Greenbushes lithium operation under a deal with Talison Lithium.

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A spike in construction costs has halted a major government recycling project, but private companies are keen to fill the breach.

Acciona and the owners of the $511 million East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant have returned to court over alleged unpaid bonds.

Acciona has been ordered to provide a $39 million security over its legal row with East Rockingham waste project in the Federal Court of Australia.

The East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant has been handed over to administrators and receivers with an eye to sell the nearly completed project, which remains embroiled in a legal dispute.

Delays and disputes have characterised the development of waste-to-energy plants in Western Australia.

Administrators at the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant succeeded in getting a significant time extension to prepare a sale but fell short of their proposed nine-month period.

Acciona is tightening its grasp on the state’s long-delayed and cost-overrun waste-to-energy sector, as the competition watchdog investigates its proposed deal to buy the only other plant in WA.