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Tutunup Titanium Minerals Mine

Project
Proponent: 
Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

The proposal is for the development of a titanium minerals mine at Tutunup, approximately 20 km east of Busselton. The proposal has the following main components:

  • disturbance of 120 hectares of mainly cleared agricultural land;
  • construction of water and fines dams, and topsoil, tails and overburden stockpiles;
  • dewatering and mining, using dry mining techniques at up to two million tonnes per annum;
  • abstraction of groundwater from the Yarragadee aquifer for process use;
  • haulage of the Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) in road-trains to the proponent’s North Shore facility in Bunbury via Oates Rd, Tompsett Rd, Tutunup Rd, Ludlow-Hithergreen Rd and Bussell Highway; and
  • widening of Tompsett Rd at the intersection with Tutunup Rd to address safety requirements.
Assessment Number: 
1384
Region: 
South West
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Mineral sands
Last updated: 
February 25, 2025
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement withdrawn under s.47A
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published: 
Monday, 9 July, 2001
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Tuesday, 18 September, 2001
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 17 December, 2001 to Monday, 11 February, 2002
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1085
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Tutunup Titanium Minerals Mine
Key Environmental Factors: 
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 9 December, 2002
Appeals close: 
Monday, 23 December, 2002
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Withdrawal of Ministerial Statement
Notice of withdrawal of Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Withdrawal of Statement.pdf
Date withdrawn: 
Tuesday, 25 February, 2025
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Monday, 17 March, 2003
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 621
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment to Statement 621 - Change to description in Schedule 1 - change to proposal under s45C approved on 28 July 2005.

Attachment to Statement 621 - Change to description in Schedule 1 - change to proposal under s45C approved on 17 May 2006.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Thursday, 28 July, 2005
Wednesday, 17 May, 2006

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/tutunup-titanium-minerals-mine