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Transport of solid sodium cyanide (s46)

Project
Proponent: 
Australian Gold Reagents Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

AGR is a joint venture between Wesfarmers CSBP Limited and Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd which was formed to manufacture and market sodium cyanide. The AGR facility is located at Wesfarmers CSBP's fertiliser and chemicals complex in Kwinana (Figure 1). It currently operates two liquid sodium cyanide plants which have a combined production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of pure (100 percent) sodium cyanide, with the potential to expand to 70,000 tpa. These plants produce sodium cyanide as a 30 percent (by weight) solution. AGR is constructing a downstream processing plant that is capable of producing 25,000 tpa of solid sodium cyanide briquettes from liquid sodium cyanide.

Assessment Number: 
1422
Region: 
Perth
Referred under EP Act: 
s46
Industry sector: 
Industrial
Last updated: 
August 5, 2002
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
People
Date published: 
Tuesday, 5 March, 2002
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1047
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report 1047
Key Environmental Factors: 
People
Date published: 
Monday, 22 April, 2002
Appeals close: 
Monday, 6 May, 2002
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Friday, 2 August, 2002
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 0602

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/transport-solid-sodium-cyanide-s46