Summary: The proposal is to develop and operate a direct shipping iron ore project in the Pilbara. The project involves the open-cut mining of eight small pits approximately 70 kilometres east of Port Hedland to obtain direct shipping ore quality haematite. Annual ore production will be 1.5 million tonnes.
Attachment 1 to Statement 775 - Multiple project design and operational changes to the mine site - section 45C change to proposal approved on 25 August 2009.
Attachment 2 to Statement 775 - Increase the mining rate from 1.5 to 3 million tonnes per annum, involving the addition of two new open pits and associated infrastructure, and changes to an existing open pit – change to proposal approved under s45C on 6 July 2010.
Attachment 3 to Statement 775 – Increase the volume of annual dewatering and environmental discharge from 2 GL per annum to 4.0 GL per annum – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 24 May 2012.
Attachment 4 to Statement 775 - Increase the volume of annual dewatering and environmental discharge from 4 GL to 10 GL per annum, and increase in total disturbance footprint from 490.4 ha to 501.7 ha – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 24 July 2012.
Release Date: 3 October 2008
Status: Final
Report Number: 0775
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