Case Studies
Issue No. 26 - December/January 2005/06
Fast Movers SA 2005
Major developments boost SA
The second edition of the Major Developments SA Directory, released by the South Australian Department of Trade and Economic Development, lists around 220 projects with a total value in excess of $20 billion, a huge jump from the 2004 directory, which listed 140 projects valued at $14 billion.
Projects in the new Directory range in size and diversity from the $1.3 million Flinders Industrial Estate in Port Pirie; Stage 2 of Babcock & Brown's Lake Bonney Wind Farm ($300 million); Prominent Hill Gold and Copper Project - a potential investment of $530 million; to vast, long-term projects requiring a huge range of skills, like the Olympic Dam expansion and the $6 billion Air Warfare Destroyer projects.
The urban development category lists in excess of $6 billion worth of commercial, residential and community projects, while heightened interest in the State's mining potential is reflected in the increase from $6.5 to $8.5 billion of mineral and energy projects in the d...



