0679 - Marillana Creek Yandi Life-of-Mine Proposal, Mining Leases 270SA 47/292, 90 km North-West of Newman, Shire of East Pilbara

Information: 

This Statement has been amended by Ministerial Statement 1039.

Attachment 1 - Change to the description in the Consultative Environmental Review for Statement 679. Section 45C change approved on 19 May 2006.

Attachment 2 - Increase in production at the Yandi mine from 45 million tonnes per annum to approximately 65 million tonnes per annum. Section 45C change approved on 17 December 2007.

Attachment 3 - Increase production rate at the Yandi mine from 45 million tonnes per annum to 87 million tonnes per annum. Section 45C change approved on 16 September 2008.

Attachment 4 - Increase to “Mining disturbance area”, removal of: ‘Total resources’, ‘Mining Method’, ‘Overburden stripping ratio’, ‘Water use’, ‘Ore processing’, ‘Ore transportation from site’, ‘Power supply’, and ‘Workforce’. Section 45C change approved on 10 December 2013.

Attachment 5 - Reallocation of 82 hectares from the ‘Pits and Overburden Storage Areas’ disturbance figure to the ‘Infrastructure’ disturbance figure; formalising the disturbance allocation by allocating 18 hectares of riparian vegetation to a new element ‘Marillana Creek Crossings’; updated figures and included a table of coordinates defining Development Areas. Section 45C change approved on 1 April 2015.

Attachment 6 - Increase the total mining and infrastructure disturbance area by 345 ha; increase the disturbance area associated with diverting Marillana Creek by 163 ha; amalgamate the ‘pits and overburden storage disturbance area’ and the ‘infrastructure disturbance area’; and remove references to mining leases from the key characteristics table. Section 45C change approved on 4 May 2016.

Ministerial Statement File: 
Date of approval: 
July 6, 2005
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