Proposed Brockman No. 2 detrital iron ore mine

Project

Proponent:

Proposal description:

The proposal is to mine high-grade detrital iron ore from Hamersley Iron's leases on Mt Brockman station. The deposits lie at the foot of the Brockman massif some 3km from Mt Brockman and 55 km north-west of Tom Price.

Ore will be extracted from one pit 1500 metres long by 500 metres wide and up to three smaller pits of about 500 metres by 200 metres. Open cut mining methods would be used, involving the stockpiling of topsoil and about 5 million tonnes of waste overburden per year, then drilling, blasting and mining of up to 7 million tonnes of ore. This ore would be screened and crushed on site, with about 4 million tonnes per year being transported on a new 45km rail spur to the existing Tom Price to Dampier main line. The remaining low grade ore would be stockpiled on site.

Assessment Number:

465

Region:

Pilbara

Referred under EP Act:

s38

Industry sector:

Infrastructure

Iron Ore

Last updated:

March 28, 2012

Current Status:

Ministerial Statement published

2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal

Chair's Determination:

Consultative Environmental Review

Date published:

Wednesday, 20 June, 1990

3. Assessment

Environmental Review

Environmental Review documentation:

Consultative Environmental Review document

4. EPA Report on assessment

EPA Report Number:

467

EPA Report:

Proposed iron-ore mine

Date published:

Friday, 23 November, 1990

5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal

Ministerial Statement

Date of approval:

Thursday, 18 April, 1991

Ministerial Statement:

Ministerial Statement 131

Post-assessment changes

s. 45C amendments:

Attachment to Statement 131 - Section 45C change to proposal approved on 1 September 2005.

Attachment to Statement 131 - Section 45C change to proposal approved on 6 September 2005.

Attachment to Statement 131 - Section 45C change to proposal approved on 6 June 2006.

Attachment 4 to Statement 131 - Section 45C change to proposal approved on 27 November 2007.

Attachment 5 to Statement 131 - Section 45C change to proposal approved on 25 August 2009.

Attachment 6 to Statement 131 – Further development of parts of the existing Pit 5, 6 and 7 above the watertable; increase in surface disturbance areas for topsoil stockpiling and a new surface waste dump adjacent to the mine pits. This change is referred to as the Sustaining Tonnes Project – change to proposal approved under s45C on 28 March 2012.

Date of approval s. 45C:

Thursday, 1 September, 2005

Tuesday, 6 September, 2005

Tuesday, 6 June, 2006