Industrial chemical producer Perdaman said construction on its AU$6 billion ($4.14 billion) gas-fuelled fertiliser plant in the Pilbara region had been shut down for two days due to the cyclone, but the project was still on target to be completed by June next year.
Darren Klemm, commissioner of Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services, said authorities were still waiting to assess the damage from the cyclone but that it would likely be significant.
Separately on Tuesday, Santos confirmed its 3.7 million tonnes Darwin LNG project was offline temporarily. The company said the shutdown was related to maintenance work.
(Reporting by Renju Jose, Byron Kaye, Christine Chen and Alasdair Pal in Sydney, Helen Clark in Perth and Emily Chow in Singapore; Editing by Himani Sarkar, Chris Reese and Thomas Derpinghaus)