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Derby Future Energy System

Last updated: July 7, 2025

Horizon Power proposes to construct and operate the Derby Future Energy System (FES) for energy supply to the town of Derby within the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The proposal comprises ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system up to 21 megawatts (MW), battery energy storage systems (BESS) up to 10 MW, a new thermal power station up to 8 MW, and a transmission network connection route. The thermal power station will be installed adjacent to the existing power station on Broome... Read more...

Broome Future Energy System

Last updated: June 3, 2025

Horizon Power proposes to construct and operate the Broome Future Energy System (FES) for energy supply to the town of Broome within the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The proposal comprises ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system up to 90 megawatts (MW), battery energy storage systems (BESS) and a network connection route. The solar PV and BESS will be installed at a site approximately 10 km north of Broome. A network connection route will connect the solar PV and BESS to the... Read more...

Telfer - Havieron Gold Mining Project

Last updated: December 5, 2024

Newcrest Operations Limited proposes to construct and operate the Telfer – Havieron Gold Mining Project (the Project). The Telfer Gold Mine is located about 55 km to the west of the Havieron Gold Mine and 400 km south-east of Port Hedland in the Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. The project includes: The open pit and underground mining and subsequent processing of gold-copper ore at the Telfer Gold with associated infrastructure including a 160 MW natural gas-fired power station,... Read more...

Valhalla Gas Exploration and Appraisal Program

Last updated: October 7, 2024

Bennett Resources is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley. The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby. The proposal comprises the construction of up to twenty wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes. The proposal is... Read more...

Coyote Gold Mine – Stage 2 (Sandpiper and Kookaburra Open Pits and Haul Road) 280km South-East of Halls Creek

Last updated: February 23, 2024

The proposal, located 280km south east of Halls Creek and 20km west of the Western Australian-Northern Territory border, involves producing approximately 400,000t of ore for gold production from two open pits, Sandpiper and Kookaburra. The ore will be provided for blending with ore from underground mining at the existing operation (Coyote Stage 1). No crushing or processing will be conducted on site and infrastructure will be minimal. Both pits will be mined below the watertable and will not be... Read more...

Broome Regional Resource Recovery Park – Landfill Development

Last updated: January 29, 2024

The Shire of Broome propose to develop a Class III landfill, leachate management system and asbestos monocell at the Regional Resource Recovery Park (RRRP). The RRRP is located at Lot 550 on the Broome-Cape Leveque Rd, 12km northeast of the Broome town centre. Read more...

Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: November 8, 2022

Sheffield Resources Limited is seeking approval to develop the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project located on the Dampier Peninsula, approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Derby, Western Australia. The proposal is for a mineral sands operation with an estimated 40 year life of mine. Mineral product will be mined from the Thunderbird Deposit and processed onsite before being transported by road to the Derby Wharf for storage and subsequent export. Read more...

Carlton Plain - Stage 1

Last updated: September 1, 2021

Kimberley Agricultural Investment (KAI) Pty Ltd proposes to develop 3086 hectares of land for the purposes of perennial and annual cropping, including grains, cotton and horticulture (which may include citrus and/or mango trees or other tree crops). The proposal is located between House Roof Hill and the Ord River, approximately 40 kilometres north-west of Kununurra, in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley. Carlton Plains Stage 1 forms the initial component of the staged development of four... Read more...

Wuudagu Bauxite Project

Last updated: June 9, 2021

VBX Limited propose to develop a bauxite mine located approximately 15 km west of the town of Kalumburu in the Kimberley. The proposal involves the mining of bauxite in the Kimberley and the use of a conveyor to transport processed ore to a barge-loading facility in Napier Broome Sound, and then trans-shipping of ore. Read more...

EP371 Laurel Gas Exploration and Appraisal Program

Last updated: December 2, 2020

Bennett Resources is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley. The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby. The proposal comprises the construction of up to six wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes. The proposal is... Read more...

Kimberley Marine Offloading Facility

Last updated: July 24, 2020

Kimberley Marine Support Base Pty Ltd (KMSB) are proposing to develop the Kimberley Marine Offloading Facility at the Port of Broome, approximately 200 metres south of the existing Broome Wharf. The proposal includes construction and operation of a deep-water floating wharf, along with associated onshore hardstand and terminal facilities suitable for container and general cargo stevedoring for coastal trading vessels, berthing and mooring for Cruise vessels and Roll on/Roll off ships.... Read more...

Pardoo Irrigated Agriculture Project – Stage 3

Last updated: July 25, 2018

Pardoo Beef Corporation Pty Ltd proposes to develop a centre-pivot irrigated feed crop production facility. Centre-pivot irrigation is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers. The proposal is approximately 100km east-northeast of Port Hedland and 365km south west of Broome. The proposal is for stage 3 and would include a total disturbance of 368 hectares development envelope. Read more...

Irvine Island Project

Last updated: February 27, 2015

Pluton Resources Ltd (Pluton) proposes to construct, operate and maintain iron ore mining operations on Irvine Island, in the Kimberley Iron-ore Hub, north Western Australia. Pluton has identified two main areas of high iron ore prospectivity, both located on the eastern side of Irvine Island: Isthmus region: a narrow neck of land which is the northern-most of the two areas. Hardstaff Peninsula: which is the southern-most of the two areas. The Proposal involves the mining and shipping of iron... Read more...

Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2 (M2 Supply Channel), Kununurra - Management

Last updated: February 6, 2002

The proposal is to develop a raw sugar industry on the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Creek Plains. The M2 Project is located near Kununurra within the Victoria-Bonaparte Biogeographic Region and the project area extends over approximately 76,000 ha of land comprising the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Creek Plains, and involves approximately equal areas within WA and the NT. The proposal has been assessed in two parts: biodiversity and management. This assessment is of the management component. See... Read more...

Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2 (M2 Supply Channel), Kununurra - Biodiversity

Last updated: February 6, 2002

The proposal is to develop a raw sugar industry on the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Creek Plains. The M2 Project is located near Kununurra within the Victoria-Bonaparte Biogeographic Region and the project area extends over approximately 76,000 ha of land comprising the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Creek Plains, and involves approximately equal areas within WA and the NT. The proposal has been assessed in two parts: biodiversity and management. This assessment is of the biodiversity. See here for... Read more...

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