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Yakabindie Nickel Project

Project
Proponent: 
Dominion Mining Limited
Proposal description: 

The proposed Yakabindie minesite is located within the lease area of the Yakabindie Pastoral Station approximately 5 kilometres east of the main Leinster to Wiluna road.

An open cut mine is proposed to be developed at the site to produce approximately 6 million tonnes of low grade nickel sulphide ore per annum and 25 million tonnes of waste rock per annum. Mining will be carried out using conventional large-capacity diesel powered earthmoving equipment such as excavators, haul trucks and bulldozers.

The site oi the pit is located across the Jones Creek drainage system which is the major drainage system in the area. During the pre-production period, a bundwall and spillway diversion will be constructed on the eastern side of the pit to contain and divert run-off in Jones Creek around the pit. Water behind the bundwall will drain through a channel cut to re-enter a tributary of Jones Creek a distance of some 200 metres downstream of the pit.

Assessment Number: 
352
Region: 
Goldfields Esperance
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Nickel
Last updated: 
December 4, 1990
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Consultative Environmental Review
Date published: 
Friday, 23 February, 1990
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Tuesday, 6 March, 1990
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Thursday, 19 April, 1990 to Wednesday, 23 May, 1990
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Consultative Environmental Review document - Volume 1
PDF icon Consultative Environmental Review document - Volume 2
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
444
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Yakabindie Nickel Project
Date published: 
Friday, 17 August, 1990
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval: 
Tuesday, 4 December, 1990
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 117
Post-assessment changes
Section 46 inquiry: 
Yakabindie Nickel Project (s46) [765]
Yakabindie Nickel Project (s46) [957]
Yakabindie Nickel Project (s46) [989]
Yakabindie Nickel Project (s46) [1450]

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