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Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant

Last updated: March 13, 2025

The Western Australian Water Corporation is proposing to construct the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant (ASDP) as part of Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme which aims to provide additional sources of drinking water to supplement the existing metropolitan water supply. The ASDP Proposal will be located within the Alkimos Water Precinct (Lot 1050 Marmion Avenue), approximately 40 km north of the Perth, within the northwest corridor, north of Quinns Rock beach and south of Yanchep beach.... Read more...

Ravensthorpe Nickel Project (s46)

Last updated: March 4, 2025

Inquiry under s46 into the request for a number of substantial changes to the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project, located approximately 35 km east of Ravensthorpe, the subject of Ministerial Statement 509 . In summary, the proposed changes include: mining of additional ore reserves contained within the Shoemaker-Levy and Hale-Bopp deposits and a resulting increase in clearing within the Bandalup Corridor; changes to the processing of ore and the final product: a) deletion of nickel electrowinning,... Read more...

Perdaman Urea Project

Last updated: January 21, 2025

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd intends to construct and operate a urea plant with a production capacity of approximately 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) on Sites C and F within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) on the Burrup Peninsula. Both sites are located adjacent to the Murujuga National Park. The EPA considered the Study of the Cumulative Impacts of Air Emissions in the Murujuga Airshed in its assessment of the Perdaman Urea Project. Read more...

Sorby Hills Silver Lead Zinc Project (s46) [2170]

Last updated: December 18, 2024

Condition 3. Extension to Time Limit for Proposal Implementation Read more...

Ashburton Infrastructure Project

Last updated: November 25, 2024

The Proposal is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia within a development envelope of 20,821 ha and clearing no more than 1,564 ha. Onslow Infraco Pty Ltd (herein MRL a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Resources Limited) is proposing to develop: • A fully sealed private haul road, approximately 125km in length • Gas pipeline and ancillary haul road infrastructure. • Storage and bulk handling of ore at the Port of Ashburton. • Dredging a dedicated berthing pocket adjacent to the... Read more...

Pluto LNG Development (Site B Option), Burrup Peninsula

Last updated: November 25, 2024

The construction of facilities for the development of the Pluto Gas Field on the North-West Shelf, and the processing and export of the gas at a liquefied natural gas plant to be constructed on the Burrup Peninsula. Extensive dredging will be undertaken adjacent to the export facility. Read more...

Lumsden Point General Cargo Facility

Last updated: August 12, 2024

The proposal is to develop and operate a general cargo facility within the Port Hedland inner harbour, within the Town of Port Hedland. This proposal has been superseded by the Lumsden Point General Cargo Facility Read more...

Koombana Bay Marine Structures

Last updated: July 31, 2024

The South West Development Commission is proposing an upgrade to the marine structures that are intended to meet existing demand and future requirements for small craft maritime infrastructure and include new mooring facilities for commercial and recreational vessels, floating jetties, a boat servicing facility, improved public ablution facilities and up upgraded boat launching and storage facilities. Read more...

Cape Riche Seawater Desalination Plant (S46) [2383]

Last updated: July 4, 2024

Time limit for substantial commencement, review of the adequacy of existing implementation conditions to ensure consistency with the EPA’s current objectives for each environmental factor. Read more...

Kwinana Gas-Fired Power Station (Water Cooled Condenser)

Last updated: April 24, 2024

The construction, operation and maintenance of a nominal 320 megawatt combined cycle base load power plant at Kwinana, as documented in schedule 1 of the ministerial statement. Read more...

Beenyup Wastewater Ocean Outlet into Marmion Marine Park (S46) [2098]

Last updated: April 22, 2024

The proposal is to operate the Beenyup Wastewater Ocean Outlets into Marmion Marine Park that are associated with the Beenyup Wastewater Treatment Plant and Advanced Water Recycling Plant. Read more...

Upgrade of multi-user seawater supply and introduction of wastewater to ocean outfall, Burrup Peninsula (s46)

Last updated: April 19, 2024

The Water Corporation submitted a proposal 'Burrup Peninsula Desalinated Water and Seawater Supplies Project' in May 2001 (Water Corporation, 2001a) to service the requirements of new industrial developments on the Burrup Peninsula. The proposed scheme was designed to supply seawater and desalinated water to the Syntroleum Sweetwater Corporation (Syntroleum) gas to liquids plant, with additional capacity to supply one or possibly two other process plants. The EPA released its report (... Read more...

Asian Renewable Energy Hub

Last updated: April 11, 2024

NW Interconnected Power Pty Ltd is seeking to develop the Asian Renewable Energy Hub. The proposal is to construct and operate a large-scale wind and solar hybrid renewable energy project, approximately 220 km east of Port Hedland, WA. The renewable energy will be exported via a subsea power cable to Indonesia and Singapore. Onshore components comprise a series of linear arrays of wind turbines (up to 1,743 turbines) and solar panels distributed across a 644,600 ha development envelope, with a... Read more...

Ammonium Nitrate Production Expansion Project: Phase 2, Kwinana

Last updated: March 7, 2024

The proposal is to expand CSBP's Kwinana Ammonium Nitrate Production Facility (ANPF) by incorporating additional components into the existing facility and re-engineering (debottlenecking) some existing components in order to increase ammonium nitrate production capacity from 520,000 tpa to 936,000 tpa. Read more...

Cape Riche Seawater Desalination Plant

Last updated: November 6, 2023

The proposal is for a desalination plant located approximately five kilometres (km) west of Cape Riche, and approximately 19 km from the nearest town of Wellstead. The desalination plant would be based on reverse osmosis technology. A seawater intake and pump station would be located 500 m east of Cheyne Inlet, and a brine outfall would be located on the south side of Cape Riche. Pipelines and infrastructure would be also constructed. Read more...

Multi-user Iron Ore Export (Landside) Facility

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal will provide additional port facilities at Port Hedland to receive and stockpile the product from emerging miners, specifically the various mines owned by the proponent’s shareholders, and load this product onto ships for export. Each of the shareholders is exploring and developing new iron ore projects in the Pilbara, with one company actively mining ore and exporting through the existing facilities in the Port of Port Hedland. The current shareholders of the proponent are Atlas... Read more...

Multi-user Iron Ore Export (Landside) Facility, Port Hedland (s. 46)

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 in response to a request to change condition 3 - Time Limit for Proposal Implementation of Ministerial Statement 891 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...

Roy Hill 1 iron ore project port infrastructure proposal (s. 46)

Last updated: July 31, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 regarding amending the conditions of Ministerial Statement 858 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...

Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: November 8, 2022

Sheffield Resources Limited is seeking approval to develop the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project located on the Dampier Peninsula, approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Derby, Western Australia. The proposal is for a mineral sands operation with an estimated 40 year life of mine. Mineral product will be mined from the Thunderbird Deposit and processed onsite before being transported by road to the Derby Wharf for storage and subsequent export. Read more...

Jansz Feed Gas Pipeline Barrow Island Nature Reserve

Last updated: October 24, 2022

The Jansz feed gas pipeline is proposed to supply natural gas from the Jansz/Io field located in Commonwealth waters approximately 200km off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia and pipe it across the Barrow Island Nature Reserve to the Gorgon Gas Treatment Plant on Barrow Island. Read more...

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