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Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Project

Project
Proponent: 
Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd
Notice of Change of Proponent: 
PDF icon Notice of Change to Proponent - 251119.pdf
PDF icon Notice of Change to Proponent - 280525.pdf
Proposal description: 

The proposal is for the development and operation of the Parker Range Project, located in the Mount Caudan section of the Parker Range within the Shire of Yilgarn. It includes the development and operation of an above and below the watertable greenfields iron ore mine and associated infrastructure. An existing gazetted road (Parker Range Road) runs across the ore body. A gazetted bypass road would be required around the proposed mine site requiring approximately 10 ha of clearing. Ore from the proposal would be transported via existing roads and a new 7 km section of private road to the proposed Moorine Rocks rail siding and then via existing rail infrastructure to port facilities on the coast. The mine would operate for up to 10 years and have a potential throughput of up to 4 million tonnes per annum.

Assessment Number: 
1811
Region: 
Wheatbelt
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Iron Ore
Last updated: 
June 26, 2020
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon 222277 - CD - 210909.pdf
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 21 September, 2009
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Monday, 12 July, 2010
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to Submissions - Parker Range
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1410
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Water
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Wednesday, 3 August, 2011
Appeals close: 
Wednesday, 17 August, 2011
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Thursday, 12 April, 2012
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 892.pdf
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Project (S46) [2258]
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 892 - Changes:

  • Change in development envelope
  • Change in disturbance footprint and vegetation clearing
  • Change in open pit dimensions
  • Removal of tailings storage facility
  • Change in pit dewatering volume
  • Change in surplus dewater management

Changes to conditions approved under S45C on 26 June 2020.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Friday, 26 June, 2020

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/parker-range-mount-caudan-iron-ore-project