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Yakabindie Nickel Project (s46) [989]

Project
Proponent: 
Dominion Resources Pty Ltd
Proposal description: 

Inquiry under s46 regarding a request to alter the existing environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 117 to accommodate the following three changes:

  • Extension of the eastern waste rock dump into a section (Six Mile Well block) of the Wanjarri Nature Reserve under an arrangement with the State which involves the permanent addition of a similar area of land to the nature reserve and eventual return of the Six Mile Well Block to the Wanjarri Nature Reserve.
  • Establishment of a downstream hydrometallurgical processing plant within the currently approved concentrator area.
  • Integration of the tailings dam with the Goliath North waste dump so as to form a single operating unit.
Assessment Number: 
989
Region: 
Mid West
Referred under EP Act: 
s46
Industry sector: 
Nickel
Last updated: 
October 22, 1996
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification
Date published: 
Friday, 1 December, 1995
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
827
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Yakabindie Nickel Project
Date published: 
Friday, 2 August, 1996
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Tuesday, 22 October, 1996
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 430

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/yakabindie-nickel-project-s46-989