JOINT VENTURES

Woodside offers fix on Sunrise deadlock

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 19-Oct-18

ConocoPhillips advised in late September that it had entered into an agreement to sell its stake in the Greater Sunrise venture to the Timor-Leste government for $US350 million. Woodside Petroleum and the other members of the venture have pre-emption rights over the stake, and Woodside CFO Sherry Duhe says a decision on whether to do so will be made soon. Timor-Leste is insisting that gas from Greater Sunrise is processed onshore, but Woodside CEO Peter Coleman has reaffirmed that an onshore plant would not meet its investment hurdles. He said a way around this dilemma would be for Woodside to only invest in the offshore part of the project. Woodside has reported a 25.4 per cent increase in sales for the September quarter.

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WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, CONOCOPHILLIPS, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, OSAKA GAS COMPANY, TOKYO GAS COMPANY LIMITED, KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INCORPORATED

Twiggy, Japan Inc plan to ship LNG to NSW

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Original article by Matthew Stevens
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 26-Feb-18

Billionaire iron ore miner Andrew Forrest is believed to be the dominant partner in a new venture, Australian Industrial Energy. AIE, in which Japanese trading companies Marubeni and JERA are also involved, is planning to transport LNG to a yet-to-be decided port in New South Wales, where a re-gasification terminal would be established. It is understood that the volume of gas that the terminal would be capable of delivering is equivalent to about 70 per cent of total NSW demand.

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AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY, MARUBENI CORPORATION, JERA, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SQUADRON ENERGY, DUET GROUP, TOYKO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INCORPORATED, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ENERGY MARKET OPERATOR LIMITED, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL, BRICKWORKS LIMITED – ASX BKW, QENOS PLASTICS PTY LTD, INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED – ASX IPL, ORICA LIMITED – ASX ORI, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL

Fortescue shares sink as Vale deal stalls

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Original article by James Thomson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 15-Sep-16

Vale’s Peter Poppinga says a proposed iron ore blending joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group is unlikely to be finalised before the end of 2016. He says negotiations between the two groups are taking longer than anticipated, with the pricing of their iron ore products believed to be a key issue. Fortescue CEO Nev Power has been more upbeat, suggesting in July that the deal could be finalised in the near-term. Fortescue shares have gained 153 per cent so far in 2016.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, BLOOMBERG LP

Fortescue unperturbed by reports of Vale talks

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Original article by Tess Ingram
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 21-Jun-16

A Bloomberg report has suggested that Brazil’s Vale may sell a stake in its iron ore assets to Asian investors for up to $US7bn. Australian-listed Fortescue Metals Group has downplayed the likely impact of such a deal on its proposed iron ore blending joint venture with Vale. A Fortescue spokesman has reiterated that the group hopes to commence marketing the blended product to Chinese customers in the second half of 2016.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, BELL POTTER SECURITIES LIMITED

Fortescue’s Vale deal good for costs, but concerns remain

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Original article by Amanda Saunders, James Thomson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 & 24 : 10-Mar-16

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group aims to reduce its cash costs to $US13 per tonne by mid-2016, having slashed its cost of production from about $US32/tonne to around $US16 in the last year. The proposed iron ore blending joint venture with Brazilian rival Vale may allow Fortescue to further reduce its cash costs. Paul Young of Deutsche Bank notes that Chinese competition regulators may oppose the alliance, although Fortescue CEO Nev Power is confident that this will not be an issue.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CLSA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, JEFFERIES AND COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION, ATLAS IRON LIMITED – ASX AGO, BC IRON LIMITED – ASX BCI

ACCC on alert as Fortescue, Vale get cosy

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Original article by Matt Chambers, Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 19 & 27 : 9-Mar-16

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is among the regulators that are likely to scrutinise a proposed deal between Fortescue Metals Group and Vale. The Brazilian group would acquire 5-15 per cent of Fortescue’s shares on-market, while the two groups would establish a blending joint venture to export $US4bn worth of iron ore to China. Christopher LaFemina of Jefferies does not see much advantage for Vale from the deal unless the long-term plan is for it to acquire Fortescue.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, VALE SA, JEFFERIES AND COMPANY, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET