Last updated: 28 September 1988
The proposal is to produce 750,000 tonnes of woodchips per year for 15 years in the South West of the State from five sources: Low-grade logs from State Forest Regrowth thinnings in State Forest Saw mill residues Plantations on private property Native vegetation on private property The majority of the resource comes from State Forest managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management. Read more...Last updated: 01 September 1988
Club Head Australia has submitted a proposal to the City of Cockburn to extract 400,000 tonnes of limestone from Reserve C39584. The proposal includes plans for the quarried area to be recontoured and rehabilitated to an 18 hole golf course, funded by the sale of limestone. Read more...Last updated: 02 August 1988
The proposal is to establish a $450 million ammonia/urea facility in the Kwinana industrial area which will produce 500 000 tonnes per annum (t/a) of ammonia . Approximately half of this ammonia is proposed to be utilised to manufacture 430 000 t/a of urea. The proposal calls for the storage of 30 000 tonnes of ammonia. The bulk of the finished product is proposed to be exported. Read more...Last updated: 27 July 1988
The proposal is for a ceramics plant at Malaga, approximately 12 km north of Perth. The proposal involves using up to 7000 tonnes/annum of clay, schist, talc, feldspar and quartz for the production of assay crucibles, cups, and possibly tableware. The proposed site for the plant is in Victoria Road, in the Malaga industrial area. The site is surrounded by industrial land. The distance from the site to the closest residential area is over 800 m., Note:, This proposal was divided into Assessment... Read more...Last updated: 26 July 1988
The Geraldton Foreshore Redevelopment is proposed by the Department of Marine and Harbours, Western Australia (referred to here as the proponent) in association with the Town (now City) of Geraldton, Westrail, and the Geraldton Mid-West Development Authority, to redevelop a seafront site of approximately 17 ha in the Geraldton townsite presently used by Westrail as a railway marshalling yard, into a recreation and tourist facility and small boat harbour. Read more...Last updated: 23 June 1988
The proposal is to subdivide and develop Lot 1 Stephenson Avenue, City Beach, for residential purposes. It is zoned 'urban' under the Metropolitan Region Scheme and 'Development Zone' under the Nedlands City Planning Scheme. The land is approximately 19 ha in area and the residential estate would be known as "Knightsbridge". Lot 1 Stephenson Avenue is contained within the boundary of the Government endorsed System 6 Recommendation M47. The EPA's System 6... Read more...Last updated: 03 June 1988
The proposal is to develop a project which would reprocess old gold tailing dumps located in the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie. Anglo American Pacific Limited plans to treat 32.5 million tonnes which may increase to 57 million tonnes if additional dumps are incorporated. The project would mine the old tailings dumps using high pressure water jets from monitor guns. The slurry of tailings would be pumped from the monitor station to the plant site, and then passed through a carbon-leach/carbon in pulp... Read more...Last updated: 27 May 1988
The proposal is to establish a new iron ore mining project at Yandicoogina (Marillana) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal generally involves the mining of iron ore deposits at an initial production rate of about 2 million tonnes per year, with the potential to increase production to a rate of up to 5 million tonnes per year during a projected 20 year mine life. There is, however, further potential for operations to be expanded to a much larger project beyond the scope of... Read more...Last updated: 23 May 1988
The proposal is to construct and operate a new concentrate roasting facility 17 km north north-west of the Kalgoorlie Town Centre. The proposed roaster would be required to treat approximately 190 000 tonnes per annum of concentrate. This would result in the production of 16 000 kg/hr of sulphur dioxide. A concentrate containing typically 27% iron, 33% sulphur and 35 gram per tonne of gold, would be piped as a slurry to the roaster from the proposed Fimiston Plant. The slurry would then be fed... Read more...Last updated: 10 May 1988
The existing sites used by Swan Wool Scouring and Fremantle Steam Laundry, are proposed to be redeveloped by the Superannuation Board of WA (now Government Employees Superannuation Board) and Saland Pty Ltd, necessitating the relocation of these and other industries. The proposal would see purpose-built facilities being established for Swan Wool Scouring and Fremantle Steam Laundry fronting onto Tydeman Road, and the container storage operations of Conaust Pty Ltd and Keywest Pty Ltd being... Read more...Last updated: 09 May 1988
International Brick and Tile Pty Ltd (IBT) has submitted a Notice of Intent to the Environmental Protection Authority outlining a two stage proposal to excavate clay from Lots 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 36 Great Northern Highway, Upper Swan. The land is east of the Ellen Brook Nature Reserve and is separated from it by Great Northern Highway. The Notice of Intent: seeks approval for Stage 1 which is a proposal for 10 to 15 years clay excavation in the western portion of Lot 36 (referred to as Pt Lot... Read more...Last updated: 13 April 1988
The proposal is for a wool scouring plant at Bakers Hill, approximately 60 km east of Perth. The proposal involves production of 5 700 tonnes of scoured wool per year, initially, followed later by top making, spinning and knitting facilities. The proposed site is 65 hectares in area, has no dwellings and is deemed suitable by appropriate local authorities. It is partly bounded by a golf course on the north side and the remainder is bounded by agricultural land. The closest residence is... Read more...Last updated: 08 March 1988
The proposal is to mine high grade iron ore from a scree and erosion fan located south of McCamey's Monster Hill. The initial output in the first year will be 3 million tonnes which will increase to 5 million tonnes in the second year. The total tonnage over the life time of the project is 34.5 million tonnes. The processing plant will consist of a series of screens to separate the ore from the waste. The product ore will be transported to Port Hedland via a haul road to the Mt Newman to... Read more...Last updated: 08 March 1988
The proposal is to establish a pilot plant to produce Mahimahi (commonly referred to as Dolphin Fish) at a site near Sandalwood Bay, north of Hutt Lagoon on the west coast of Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: 08 March 1988
The proposal is to continue to develop the grouundwater resources of the Gnangara Mound for public water supply requirements. Read more...Last updated: 01 March 1988
The proposal is for a silicon smelter at Picton, near Bunbury. On 31 March 1988, subsequent to the release of the EPA's report and recommendations relating to this assessment, the Deputy Premier referred to the EPA a proposal for the possible relocation of the project to the Kemerton Industrial Area . Read more...Last updated: 01 March 1988
The Point Grey Project is proposed as a new residential and holiday settlement. It is proposed to cover a total area of 1,083 ha and include: the Thomas Peel College a 50 ha site, which would include associated administration buildings, sports and recreation facilities and student and staff residential accommodation for approximately 1,080 people; residential nodes - 2,820 lots covering an area of 469 ha. Blocks would vary in size between 700 and 1,200 square metres, be serviced by reticulated... Read more...Last updated: 01 March 1988
The proposal is for a development scheme for Point Grey, near Mandurah. This proposal includes: a college and associated residential campus; an 18 hole golf course; tourist and holiday accommodation sites; 3,200 single residential lots; 300 'rural residential lots'; and shopping, education and community infrastructure. The development would house and accommodate approximately 9 000 people, with a staged development programme extending over a 25 to 30 year period. Read more...Last updated: 25 February 1988
The proposal is to establish a gold mining operation of up to 2 million tonnes per annum with a project life of 4-5 years. The mine is proposed to be located in State Forest, with processing and waste disposal facilities located on private land. The mine would be adjacent to the currently operating Boddington Gold Mines, and would mine the same ore body. The proposed mine is located in the eastern, low rainfall. section of the Darling Range and also within the catchment area of the 34 Mile... Read more...Last updated: 15 February 1988
The proposal is to upgrade the existing Mine facilities by increasing the maximum daily process from 8 000 tonnes to 12 000 tonnes. Ore would continue to be mined from the same orebody currently being mined. It is therefore expected that the proposed increases in the rate of production would shorten the overall project life from fifteen to possibly ten years. The plant facilities required for the upgrading would be an additional crusher, a ball or semi-autogenous grinding mill, additional... Read more...