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Mitsui Participates in Perenia
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August 24, 2009
Mitsui participates in Perenia Pty Ltd, a Sydney based environmental consulting firm which aims to work with Australian businesses in realizing opportunities while managing carbon risks as Australia progresses towards a low emissions economy.
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Mitsui provides aid to victims of the Victorian bushfires
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February 13, 2009
Mitsui announced today that it will contribute $100,000 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund.
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Work Starts On-site at Clean Coal Project
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November 14, 2008
Work has started on the Callide Oxyfuel project, which will see Callide A Power Station near Biloela, retrofitted with technology to enable the capture of carbon dioxide for geological storage.
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Mitsui Acquires Interests in South Australian Uranium Projects
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October 15, 2008
Mitsui has announced that it will acquire interests in six uranium deposits held by Uranium One Inc, including the Honeymoon Project in South Australia. Mitsui has signed a sale and purchase agreement and a joint venture agreement for the joint development of these projects.
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Mitsui Acquires Development Rights for Victorian Wind Farm Project
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June 6, 2008
Mitsui & Co (Australia) Ltd announced today the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd, a special purpose company holding the development rights for a new wind farm project in Victoria.
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Oxy Fuel Media Release
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March 31, 2008
Agreement has been reached between Australian and Japanese partners for the construction of what will be Australia's first demonstration power station using clean coal technology to produce low emission electricity. Construction of the $206 million Callide Oxyfuel project at Biloela in Central Queensland will begin early next year with the 30 megawatt power station scheduled to start producing electricity by the end of 2010.
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Kestral Joint Venture to Develop New Mining Area
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January 31, 2008
Mitsui announced today it will invest A$289 million through its 100% subsidiary Mitsui Coal Holdings for the development of a new mining area through its Kestrel Joint Venture with Rio Tinto.
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Mitsui to Invest US$297 million for Robe River J/V Mine Development in W.A.
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December 27, 2007
Mitsui & Co., Ltd, announced today that it will invest US$297 million through its 100% subsidiary Mitsui Iron Ore Development to develop Mesa A / Warramboo mine in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.
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Mitsui Acquires 19.9% of Sims Group Limited
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June 6, 2007
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced today the completion of its acquisition of approximately 19.9% of the shares in Sims Group Limited from Hugo Neu Corporation for approximately A$605 million.
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Mitsui divests certain Australian upstream oil & gas assets
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April 24, 2007
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced today that its Australian subsidiary, Wandoo Petroleum Pty Limited (WPP), has entered into sales agreements with ARC Energy Limited (ARC) in which WPP will divest its entire Australian upstream oil & gas portfolio to ARC.
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Mitsui to Acquire 19.9% Shares in Sims Group Limited
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March 31, 2007
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire 19.9% of issued shares of Sims Group Limited from Hugo Neu Corporation.
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Mitsui to Expand Capacity at Western Australian Iron Ore Ventures with BHP Billiton
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March 23, 2007
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced today that it will spend approximately A$190 million (17 billion yen) through its Australian subsidiaries to increase the capacity of iron ore operations in Western Australia, jointly operated with BHP Billiton and Itochu Corporation, to 155 million tons per annum (Mtpa).
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Anglo & Mitsui reach agreement to purchase Collingwood & Ownaview deposits
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February 19, 2007
Anglo Coal Australia Pty Ltd and Mitsui Coal Holdings have executed an agreement to purchase the Collingwood and Ownaview exploration deposits located in the Surat Basin, Queensland.
The deposits are to be purchased from Sennen Resources Ltd, a listed Canadian resource company.
Anglo Coal Australia will hold a 51% interest & Mitsui 49%.
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Mitsui to spend US$284m for Robe River J/V port expansion in WA
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February 1, 2007
Mitsui announced today that it will spend US$284 million through its 100% subsidiary Mitsui Iron Ore Development to further expand the Robe River J/V``s iron ore export capacity at Cape Lambert in the Pilbara region of WA from nameplate capacity of 55 to 80 million tonnes per annum.
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Fraudulent Collection Agent E-mail
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April 4, 2006.
Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. has been advised that there is an email currently circulating entitled "Collection Agent Needed" which purports to be from Mitsui.
The email was neither sent, nor sanctioned, by Mitsui and we are taking steps to address the situation.
To assist in this process, if you receive such an email, or any other suspicious email purporting to be from Mitsui, please send a copy of it as an attachment to the following email address: inquiries.au@mitsui.com
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First Shipment of Green Triangle Plantation Woodchips
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April 4, 2006.
Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. and its joint venture partner Nippon Paper Treefarm Australia Pty Ltd., a subsidiary company of Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. will begin loading the first shipment of Green Triangle Blue Gum plantation woodchips today.
This first shipment from the Green Triangle region, some 21,000 tonnes of Blue Gum woodchips, is destined for Nippon Paperfs Iwakuni Mill in western Japan, and is the first of five such shipments planned for 2006.
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Anglo Coal and Mitsui expand Australian Coal Operation
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December 15, 2004
Anglo American plc (Anglo American) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) today announced that Anglo Coal Australia and Mitsui Coal Holdings intend to recapitalise their existing operations at the Moura open cut coal mine in Central Queensland, Australia and to establish two additional operations on adjacent tenures. The new and expanded operations will be known as the Dawson Complex. The Dawson Complex is held through a joint venture, comprising Anglo Coal Australia (51%) and Mitsui Coal Holdings (49%). Production will increase from 7.0 Mtpa to 12.7 Mtpa of saleable coal for the export market to meet the strong global demand for high quality metallurgical and thermal coals.
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Mitsui completes acquisition of 10 power plants from Edison Mission Energy
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December 17, 2004.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) announces that in partnership with International Power plc (a large U.K. electric utility company), it completed the acquisition of 10 power plants from Edison Mission Energy (USA). The final total acquisition price was approximately US$2.0 billion (JPY210billion).
The acquired assets comprise a portfolio of international power generation assets in 6 countries around the world namely in Europe, Australia, Asia and Puerto Rico.
Mitsui regards participation into power generation business as one of its core business areas in its Mid-term Business Plan "Global Growth 2006".
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First Shipment of Green Triangle Bluegum Plantation Woodchips
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July 15, 2004.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., have despatched the first shipment of hardwood plantation woodchips from the Green Triangle Region of south western Victoria and south eastern South Australia.
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Mitsui Buys Australian Carbon Credits
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February 3, 2004
Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. announces a significant forward purchase of up to 500,000 tonnes of Greenhouse Emissions Reductions (Carbon Credits) from the GRD Group through its Waste-to-Resource subsidiary Global Renewables.
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