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Mineral Sands Mine, Gingin

Project
Proponent: 
Iluka Resources Limited
Proposal description: 

The proposal involves the construction and operation of an approximately 2.8 million tonnes per annum mineral sands mine and concentrator plant on part Swan Location 128, 354 & 508, Lot 2; part Swan Location 128 & 340, Lot 3; part Swan Location 128, 354, 355, 506, Lot 9; Swan Location 506; portion of each of Swan Locations 354 & 508, Lot 1 and part Swan Location 511 & 536, Lot 7, near the intersection of Brand Highway and Dewar Road, approximately 2.5 kilometres north-west of Gingin. The site would be subsequently rehabilitated.

All these properties are Minerals-to-Owner titles and therefore are not mining tenements under the management of the Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR).

Assessment Number: 
1536
Region: 
Perth
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Mineral sands
Last updated: 
October 31, 2006
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Protection Statement
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Environmental Protection Statement (EPS)
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Human Health
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 6 September, 2004
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1146
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Mineral Sands Mine, Gingin
Date published: 
Friday, 3 September, 2004
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Wednesday, 3 November, 2004
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 666
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment to Statement 666 - Increase in disturbance area from 280 hectares to 370 hectares - change to proposal under s45C approved on 31 October 2006.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Tuesday, 31 October, 2006

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/mineral-sands-mine-gingin