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Karara Iron Ore Project

Project
Proponent: 
Karara Mining Limited
Proposal description: 

The proposal is to construct and operate a magnetite iron ore mine, processing plant and associated infrastructure, linear infrastructure corridor accommodating the raw water pipeline to the borefield near Mingenew, and access road to Morawa, in the Midwest region of Western Australia.

Assessment Number: 
1651
Region: 
Mid West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Iron Ore
Last updated: 
December 13, 2017
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 1651-CD-040906.pdf
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Landforms
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Monday, 4 September, 2006
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 15 September, 2008 to Monday, 13 October, 2008
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document Part 1 - Invitation to Chapter 6
PDF icon PER document Part 2 - Chapters 7 - 12
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1321
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Karara Iron Ore Project
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Appeals close: 
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Tuesday, 8 September, 2009
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 805.pdf
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Karara Iron Ore Project (S46) [2195]
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 to Statement 805 - Relocation of the accommodation village, relocation of the airstrip, consolidation of mine infrastructure and removal of internal roads, a borrow pit and a water pipeline - change to proposal approved under s45C on 15 March 2010.

Attachment 2 to Statement 805 – Increase in disturbance area to allow for increased waste dump area, rail loop and airstrip clearing – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 21 June 2012.

Attachment 3 to Statement 805 – Additional clearing for construction of processing plant to facilitate the phased KIOP Expansion Project – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 20 February 2013.

Attachment 4 to Statement 805 – Dry stack and wet tailings cells within the final tailings storage facility landform, being a single dry stack tailings storage facility - change to proposal approved under section 45C on 13 December 2017.

Attachment 5 to Statement 805 – Increase the current authorised area of disturbance by an additional 69 ha to facilitate:

  • relocation of the landfill facility;
  • extension of the ROM pad;
  • adding additional topsoil storage; and
  • supporting service/infrastructure corridors. 

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 18 March 2019.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Monday, 15 March, 2010
Thursday, 21 June, 2012
Wednesday, 20 February, 2013
Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
Friday, 8 March, 2019

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/karara-iron-ore-project