Summary: Proposal: The proposal encompasses open pit iron ore mines at Christmas Creek and Mindy Mindy, a beneficiation plant at Christmas Creek, a borefield and an east-west railway to link the Stage A north-south railway to Port Hedland with the Christmas Creek minesite, as documented in schedule 1 of statement 707.
Attachment 1 to Statement 707 - Increase to Christmas Creek clearance area (by 12.5ha) - section 45C change to proposal approved on 21 October 2006.
Attachment 2 to Statement 707 - Alterations to rail corridor alignment and length - section 45C change to proposal approved on 3 October 2008.
Attachment 3 to Statement 707 - To haul iron ore from Christmas Creek to Cloud Break via truck along existing roads, in addition to the approved transportation by train - section 45C change to proposal approved on 23 June 2009.
Attachment 4 to Statement 707 - Additional impact area for rail duplication works (by 102ha) - section 45C change to proposal approved on 21 December 2009.
Attachment 5 to Statement 707 - to realign approximately 6 kilometres of the western portion of the access road used to haul ore from the Christmas Creek to Cloud Break mine sites - change to proposal approved under s45C on 15 March 2010.
Attachment 6 to Statement 707 - Extension of pipeline from the Hillside East reinjection borefield into the Christmas Creek mine site - change to proposal approved under s45C on 6 April 2010..
Attachment 7 to Statement 707 -
- Construction of additional rail infrastructure;
- Construction of an access/transport route between the Christmas Creek mine site and Marble Bar Road, as shown in Figure 8 (this replaces the section of road between the Christmas Creek mine site and Marble Bar Road depicted in Figure 3 of Attachment 1); and
- Removal of production rate from Key Characteristics Table - change to proposal approved under s45C on 28 March 2012.
Release Date: 8 April 2010
Status: Final
Report Number: 0707
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