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West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G

Project
Proponent: 
Robe River Mining Co. Pty. Ltd
Proposal description: 

Robe River Mining Co. proposes to develop the West Angelas C, D and G iron ore deposits to sustain production at the existing West Angelas iron ore operations. The proposal is located approximately 130 km northwest of Newman.  

Mining of the C, D and G iron ore deposits will involve the additional clearing of up to 4,310 ha of native vegetation within a mine development envelope of 26,400 ha.

Mine dewatering will be required to accommodate below water table mining, requiring an additional  abstraction of up to 8 GL/a of groundwater. Dewatering has the potential to impact the surrounding environmental values, particularly those in Karijini National Park (approximately 4 km west of the proposed deposits).

Assessment Number: 
2132
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Iron Ore
Last updated: 
April 16, 2021
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G
Comment period: 
Friday, 4 August, 2017 to Thursday, 10 August, 2017
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 1
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 2
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 3
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 4
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 5
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 6
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 7
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 8
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 9
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 10
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 11
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - Part 12
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Inland Waters Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 28 August, 2017
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon Environmental Scoping Document - West Angelas Deposit C D and G Proposal - Final
Approved: 
Thursday, 16 November, 2017
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 30 July, 2018 to Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
Make a submission: 
West Angelas Iron Ore Project – Environmental Review Document
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review Document
PDF icon A1 Section 38 Referral Form.pdf
PDF icon A2 Environmental Scoping Doc Checklist.pdf
PDF icon A2 Environmental Scoping Document.pdf
PDF icon A3 Ministerial Statement No. 970.pdf
PDF icon A3 Ministerial Statement No. 1015.pdf
PDF icon A4 Draft Ministerial Statement.pdf
PDF icon A5 Environmental Management Plan, 2018.pdf
PDF icon A6 Vegetation and Flora Assessment (ecologia 2013).pdf
PDF icon A7 Groundwater Dependent Veg Assessment (RTIO 2017).pdf
PDF icon A7 Peer Review, GDV Assessment (Froend 2018).pdf
PDF icon A8 Terrestrial Fauna Assessment (ecologia 2014).pdf
PDF icon A9 Subfauna Assessment, Phase 1 (ecologia 2013).pdf
PDF icon A10 Subfauna DNA Addendum (Biologic 2017).pdf
PDF icon A11 Hydrogeological Assessment (Rio Tinto 2018).pdf
PDF icon A11 Peer Review 2017, Hydrogeo Assessment (IGC 2017).pdf
PDF icon A11 Peer Review 2018, Addendum (IGC 2018).pdf
PDF icon A12 Dust Dispersion Modelling (Envall 2016).pdf
PDF icon A13 Visual Impact Assessment (Rio Tinto 2017).pdf
PDF icon A14 Mine Closure Plan (Rio Tinto 2018).pdf
PDF icon A15 AMD Risk Assessment (RIo Tinto 2016).pdf
PDF icon A16 Ghost Bat Monitoring (Biologic 2018).pdf
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon CMS16294-Response to Submissions.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
February 20, 2019
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS16294-s43A Notice of Decision-080519.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Wed, 08/05/2019
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1636
EPA Report: 
PDF icon EPA Report - West Angelas Iron Ore Project.pdf
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Fauna
Inland Waters
Date published: 
Monday, 13 May, 2019
Appeals close: 
Monday, 27 May, 2019
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Monday, 2 September, 2019
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Statement 1113.pdf
Post-assessment changes
S46C changes to conditions: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 1113 - 1. Change to Condition 5-3(6) Condition 5-3 (6) is deleted, and replaced with: 5-3 (6) provide the format and timing for the reporting of monitoring results against trigger criteria and threshold criteria to demonstrate that condition 5-1 has been met over the reporting period in the Compliance Assessment Report required by condition 3-6.

2. Change to Condition 8-3(3) Condition 8-3 (3) is deleted, and replaced with: 8-3(3) $1,642 AUD (excluding GST) per hectare of riparian vegetation communities within Turee Creek East cleared within the development envelope (delineated in Figure 3 and defined by the geographic coordinates in Schedule 2) within the Hamersley IBRA subregion.

Changes approved under s46c on 16 April 2020.

Attachment 2 to Statement 1113 - Change to Condition 8-4 approved under s46c on 4 January 2021.

Date S46C: 
Thursday, 16 April, 2020
Monday, 4 January, 2021
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 3 to Statement 1113 - Change to amend the Mine Development Envelope, approved under S45c on 16 April 2021.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Friday, 16 April, 2021

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/west-angelas-iron-ore-project-deposits-c-d-and-g