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0829 - Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Project Stage 2, 110 kilometres north of Newman, Shire of East Pilbara

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This Statement has been amended by Ministerial Statement 0980.

Attachment 1 – Change to mining schedule, location of key infrastructure, groundwater drawdown figure and coordinates (this attachment replaces Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 5 of Schedule 1) – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 3 February 2012.

Attachment 2 – Change to mine dewatering volume and rate; change to description of saline water disposal to include use for dust suppression; minor changes to units of measurement (volume) – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 11 February 2016.

Attachment 3 – Change to allow for an increase in mine dewatering volumes and Managed Aquifer Recharge reinjection of surplus dewatered groundwaterfor a trial period of two (2) years. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 11 May 2018.

Attachment 4 – Change to mine dewatering volume and rate; change to description of saline water disposal to include use for dust suppression; minor changes to units of measurement (volume) – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 11 February 2016.

Attachment 5 – Up to three year extension of the current two year reinjection trial disposing of surplus water resulting from mine dewatering, reject water from reverse osmosis plant and decant from Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), with salinity up to 30,000 mg/L TDS, into recharge basins and/or reinjection bores within the mine tenement – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 30 September 2020.

Ministerial Statement File: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 829.pdf
Date of approval: 
March 31, 2010
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Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Stage 2

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