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BP Kwinana Renewable Fuels Project

Last updated: October 2, 2023

The Proposal is for the construction and operation of a Renewable fuels processing facility that produces renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils, animal fats and other biowaste products. The biorefinery will reuse the existing processing infrastructure formerly used for hydrocarbon refining (such as hydrofiner units, storage tanks, pipelines and utilities such as the flare and wastewater treatment plant) combined with some additional new infrastructure such as a... Read more...

Ravensthorpe Lithium Project - Exploration

Last updated: October 2, 2023

Bulletin Resources Limited are proposing a mineral exploration programme on exploration licence 74/655 within the Shire of Ravensthorpe. The proposal is within the Cocanarup Timber Reserve located to the west of the Ravensthorpe townsite. The proposal would include a total disturbance footprint of of 7 hectares for tracks and drill pads developed in two stages. Read more...

Sandy Ridge Facility – Alignment of Gate Waste Acceptance Tonnage

Last updated: September 28, 2023

Tellus Holdings Ltd are proposing to increase the tonnage of waste accepted at the Sandy Ridge Facility from the current approved (Ministerial Statement 1078) 100,000 tonnes per annum to up to 280,000 tonnes per annum for permanent isolation in the Site’s waste disposal cells. The Proposal will occur within the existing and approved development envelope as outlined in Ministerial Statement 1078 Read more...

Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Project (S46) [....]

Last updated: September 26, 2023

Inquire into condition 10 of Ministerial Statement 892 to remove the requirement to constitute the Parker Range Conservation Trust and contemporise the offset requirements for mitigating residual impacts. Read more...

Nyidinghu Iron Ore Mine

Last updated: September 26, 2023

Chichester Metals Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group, proposes to develop and operate an iron ore mine approximately 80 kilometres north-west of Newman. The Nyidinghu Iron Ore Mine proposal includes mine pits above and below the water table, an on-site ore processing from various sources, waste rock and tailings storage, an aerodrome, groundwater abstraction, surplus water management including aquifer recharge and other supporting infrastructure. The proposal has a development... Read more...

East Hamersley Railway Project

Last updated: September 26, 2023

The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group, proposes to construct and operate a railway of 106 kilometres (km) and associated infrastructure. The East Hamersley Railway Project includes communications and signalling infrastructure, an ore loading facility, groundwater abstraction and discharge, borrow pits and quarries, culverts, bridges, diversion drains, pump station, construction camp, landfills and wastewater treatment plants, and other supporting... Read more...

Brockman Syncline Proposal

Last updated: September 18, 2023

The Brockman Syncline proposal is located approximately 60 km west-north west of Tom Price, in the central Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal includes up to 9,977 ha of native vegetation clearing to support the development of new and above and below water table mining areas in order to sustain mining at three existing operations; Nammuldi-Silvergrass Brockman 2 Brockman 4 The proposal includes, but is not limited to the following: Dewatering and surplus water management,... Read more...

North Kiaka Quartzite Mine

Last updated: September 18, 2023

Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd is proposing to establish a new quartzite mine approximately 15 km north of Moora, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and 2 km north of the existing mine. The proposal will include the establishment of an above groundwater mine pit, waste rock landform, infrastructure corridor and associated infrastructure. Quartzite would be trucked to Simcoa’s existing smelter in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area 17 km north-east of Bunbury. It is anticipated the... Read more...

Keysbrook Mineral Sands Mine

Last updated: September 18, 2023

The proposal involves the excavation and processing of a low-grade (2.7%) heavy mineral sands deposit near Keysbrook to produce 920,000 tonnes of Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) over 8 years. An area of 30 hectares (ha) would be progressively mined at any time. Topsoil would be removed and stockpiled for use in rehabilitation. The ore would be excavated and unloaded into a dump hopper located on the pit floor. The ore would be conveyed to a screening plant where oversize material would be... Read more...

Woodside Solar Facility

Last updated: September 13, 2023

Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside) proposes to construct and operate the Woodside Solar Facility in the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, located approximately 15 kilometres south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal will generate electricity (up to 500 megawatts) from a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farm and includes energy storage (battery) infrastructure. The Proposal is only for the infrastructure associated with the generation and storage of... Read more...

Banksia Road Landfill, Dardanup. Construction and Operation of Landfill Cells 9, 10 and 12A

Last updated: September 13, 2023

The Banksia Road Landfill is located in the Shire of Dardanup approximately 10 kilometres (km) from the City of Bunbury and 3.8 km south-east of the town of Dardanup. The Landfill is currently operating under a Licence issued through Part V of the Environmental Protection Act (Licence - L8904/2015/1) which allows for the acceptance of Liquid Waste; and Class II and Class III putrescible waste. The proposal would be a continuation of the current operations and including the establishment of... Read more...

Orebody 32 Below Water Table

Last updated: September 8, 2023

The proposal is a derived proposal to expand existing mining operations at the Newman Hub in the Pilbara, previously authorised by Ministerial Statement (MS) 1105 Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal. This proponent proposes to expand the existing Orebody 32 above water table iron ore mine (currently authorised by MS 1037 Eastern Ridge Revised Proposal) in BHP’s Newman Hub to below the water table. The proposal is located 3.6 km northeast of Newman, and includes activities permitted to be... Read more...

Newman Hub (Western Ridge) Derived Proposal

Last updated: September 8, 2023

BHP propose to expand existing mining operations at the Newman Hub in the Pilbara, approximately 2 kilometres (km) southwest of Newman. The Proposal is a derived proposal for mining operations at Newman (Western Ridge) authorised by the Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal, Ministerial Statement 1105. The proposal is to develop four iron ore deposits to expand BHP’s Newman Hub and includes: overburden storage areas ore and topsoil stockpiles haul and access roads overland conveyor 30 million... Read more...

McPhee Creek Iron Ore Project

Last updated: September 7, 2023

The Proposal is for the above and below water table mining of iron ore from five open cut pits, located approximately 30 km north of Nullagine. The Proposal includes the development of mine pits and associated infrastructure including but not limited to crushing and screening facilities, waste landforms, run of mine pad, access roads, solar field, administration, accommodation camp, stockpile and laydown areas, borrow pits, groundwater bores and transfer infrastructure, explosives magazine,... Read more...

Worsley Mine Expansion – Revised Proposal

Last updated: September 5, 2023

South32 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd currently operates the Boddington Bauxite Mine (located approximately 5km south-west of Boddington), Worsley Refinery (located approximately 15 km north-west of Collie) and port operations at the Bunbury Port. The new proposal is for the: · expansion of the existing mining area and incorporation of new mining areas; · development of a bauxite transport corridor; · development of a contingency mining area and maintenance work at the Refinery; and · development of... Read more...

Forest Management Plan 2024-2033

Last updated: September 4, 2023

The Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 (FMP 2024-2033) is a statutory plan for the management of approximately 2,522,000 hectares of land and waters vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission in the south-west of Western Australia, in accordance with the, Conservation and Land Management Act 1984, (CALM Act) to fulfil the statutory purposes for which that land is reserved. The proposal is to undertake a range of management activities, the most significant being conservation reserve creation... Read more...

Tropicana Gold Project

Last updated: September 1, 2023

The proposal is the construction and operation of an open cut gold mine and associated infrastructure, located approximately 330 km east-north-east of Kalgoorlie and 200 km east of Laverton. Read more...

Walpole New Source Borefield Water Abstraction Trial

Last updated: August 24, 2023

Water Corporation propose to conduct a 6- month water source abstraction trial to assess the long-term viability of a new water source for Walpole, Western Australia. The trial will be conducted during the summer peak water demand period and will use existing infrastructure. The source comprises three existing deep fractured rock bores located within the following Water Corporation Lots: • Bore 5/09 is located within the Swan Road road reserve • Bore 3/20 is located within part of Lot on Plan... Read more...

South Erregulla Conventional Gas Development

Last updated: August 23, 2023

Strike South Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate the South Erregulla Conventional Gas Development, located approximately 280 km north of Perth and 45 km southeast of Dongara in the Shire of Three Springs and the Shire of Irwin. The proposal comprises a natural gas processing facility, gas gathering network and pipeline to connect to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline. The development envelope is 283.46 ha with a disturbance footprint of 111.82 ha. No native vegetation clearing is... Read more...

Mt Weld Rare Earths Project – Life of Mine Proposal

Last updated: August 17, 2023

Mt Weld Mining Pty Ltd proposes to expand the Mt Weld Mine, which includes the construction and operation of a rare earths mine and processing plant, to its life of mine extent. The expansion proposes to increase the development envelope from the currently approved 505 hectares (ha) to 2,802 ha, to allow for expansion of infrastructure and activities, including: a staged transition from diesel fuelled power generation to gas hybrid renewable (including solar and battery energy storage, and... Read more...

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