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Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine

Project
Proponent: 
Hope Downs Management Services Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

To establish an iron ore mine in the Hope Downs area, 75km north-west of Newman, including facilities for limited processing of the ore, and a rail connection from the mine to a rail network for the transport of iron ore product to the coast.

Assessment Number: 
1308
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Iron Ore
Last updated: 
November 7, 2013
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Subterranean Fauna
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Friday, 17 December, 1999
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Wednesday, 3 May, 2000
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 21 August, 2000 to Monday, 16 October, 2000
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1024
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine, 75 km north-west of Newman, Pilbara Region
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Water
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 6 August, 2001
Appeals close: 
Monday, 20 August, 2001
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Comments: 

This Statement has been amended by Ministerial Statement 893.

Date of approval: 
Friday, 1 February, 2002
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 584
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine (s46)
s. 45C amendments: 

First Attachment to Statement 584 - Production rate increase 25 mega tonnes per annum to 30 mega tonnes per annum - change to proposal approved under s45C on 3 Oct 2005.

Second Attachment to Statement 584 - Change to mine infrastructure and disturbance areas - change to proposal approved under s45C on 19 Sep 2006.

Third Attachment to Statement 584 - Increase in the area of rail corridor disturbance - change to proposal approved under s45C on 31 Oct 2006.

Attachment 1 to Statement 584 - Increase in project clearance disturbance area from 1,600 hectares to 1,850 hectares, and updating of Key Characteristics Table - change to proposal approved under s45C on 14 Jul 2009.

Attachment 2 to Statement 584 – Increase to approved disturbance area and redefinition of Project Area – change to proposal approved under s45C on 6 Sept 2010.

Attachment 3 to Statement 584– Remove Weeli Wolli Spring supplementation limit in Schedule 1 – change to proposal approved under s45C on 20 Apr 2012.

Attachment 4 to Statement 584 – Removal of ore mining rate and expansion of disturbance footprint – change to proposal approved under s45C on 28 Aug 2012.

Attachment 5 to Statement 584 – Annualise Mine Pit Dewatering Rate – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 7 November 2013.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Monday, 3 October, 2005
Tuesday, 19 September, 2006
Tuesday, 31 October, 2006
Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
Monday, 6 September, 2010
Friday, 20 April, 2012
Tuesday, 28 August, 2012
Thursday, 7 November, 2013

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