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1033 – Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project (Christmas Creek Mine, East-West Railway and Mindy Mindy Mine) - Revised Proposal

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Proposal to revise Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project: East-West Railway and Mine Sites Stage B, the subject of Ministerial Statement 0707 dated 16 December 2005 and Ministerial Statement 0871 dated 01 August 2011.

Attachment 1 to Statement 1033 - temporary presence of water in mining pits - change to proposal under s45C approved on 21 July 2017.

Attachment 2 to Statement 1033 - Changes:

  • Expansion of the Christmas Creek Mine Development Envelope (Depicted by the red line within Figures 1 to 4 of Schedule 1); and
  • Changes to the clearing of locally significant vegetation in Table 2 of Schedule 1.

Change to proposal under s45C approved on 12 November 2018.

Attachment 3 to Statement 1033 - Changes:

  • Changes to Table 2, removing the time limit for the temporary presence of water in mining pits.
  • Approval of presence of water in inactive mine pits.
  • Below water table pits are required to be backfilled at cessation of mining to a level which will not allow the formation of permanent lakes.

Change to proposal under s45C approved on 8 July 2019.

 

Ministerial Statement File: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1033.pdf
Date of approval: 
August 8, 2016
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Christmas Creek Iron Ore Mine Expansion

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