Last updated: November 25, 2024
Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd (Albemarle) is proposing to stablish the Albemarle Kemerton Plant, a Lithium hydroxide Product manufacturing plant and associated infrastructure, within the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area (KSIA), approximately 17 kilometres north-east of Bunbury. The Albemarle Kemerton Plant will produce up to 100,000 tonne per annum (tpa) of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (Lithium Hydroxide Product) from five 20,000 tpa process trains and produce up to 1,100,000 tpa of tailings.... Read more...Last updated: March 15, 2022
The requested change relates to changing condition 9 in order to contemporise the condition with the Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (EPA 2020) Read more...Last updated: August 9, 2021
The original proposal is for mining of silica (quartzite) rock approximately 15 kilometres north of Moora on Mining Lease M70/191, and smelting to produce silicon, employing wood, charcoal, coal and the silica mined at Moora, in the Kemerton Industrial Area approximately 20 kilometres north of Bunbury in the Shire of Harvey. This revised proposal is for an increase from the approved three submerged electric arc furnaces to four submerged electric arc furnaces at the Kemerton site, and the... Read more...Last updated: October 4, 2012
Request to change implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 126 . Read more...Last updated: June 30, 2010
The proposal is to construct and operate a minimum 50 GL/annum and up to 100 GL/annum desalination plant on Lots 32 and 33, and Part Lot 8 Taranto Road, Binningup; marine inlet/outlet pipes; and a water supply pipeline to transport potable water to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme via a storage facility near Harvey. Read more...Last updated: September 24, 2007
The proposal is to upgrade the Worsley alumina refinery in order to increase production to 4.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). This is an inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, into a request to amend the conditions of Ministerial Statement 719 . Read more...Last updated: December 4, 2006
Iluka Resources Ltd (Iluka) has sought to update the 1992 Ministerial Statement 291 to reflect the current operating parameters and licence conditions at the North Capel Synthetic Rutile Plants 1 and 2 site via a review of the conditions and commitments in that Ministerial statement. Accordingly, the Minister for the Environment has requested the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to consider and provide advice to him under Section 46(6) of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986 Read more...Last updated: May 17, 2006
The proposal is for a silicon smelter at Kemerton and quartzite mine at Moora. Inquiry under s46 to amend the environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 27 to allow the proponent, on an as-needed basis, to bypass the baghouse and vent furnace off-gases directly to the atmosphere for up to 50 hours per year. Read more...Last updated: May 17, 2006
The proposal is for relocation of a proposed silicon smelter from Picton, near Bunbury, to the Kemerton Industrial Area. In 1986 the WA Silicon Trust prepared an Environmental Review and Management Programme (ERMP) for the establishment of a silicon production process in Western Australia. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) assessed the proposal as environmentally acceptable, subject to commitments and recommendations outlined in EPA Bulletin 279 of May 1987. In September 1987 the new... Read more...Last updated: June 5, 2002
Inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, (EP Act) to amend condition 13 of Ministerial Statement 27 . Read more...Last updated: February 9, 2001
Inquiry under section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, to increase production at the Wagerup Alumina Refinery from 3.3 million tonnes to 3.65 million tonnes. Read more...Last updated: July 2, 1996
The proposal is to expand alumina production from 2.0 million tonnes per annum to 3.5 million tonnes per annum at the Worsley Alumina Refinery, Collie, and undertake associated bauxite mining activities at Boddington. Read more...Last updated: August 11, 1995
The proposal is to increase the capacity of Alcoa's Wagerup Refinery, located about 120 km south of Perth, from the current 1.7 Mtpa to 3.3 Mtpa of alumina, with a proportionate increase in production of bauxite from the mobile mining operations, currently located at Willowdale, about 8 km east of the refinery. Read more...Last updated: August 7, 1992
Additional landscape works and the extension of Fly-Ash Ponds at Turkey Point, Bunbury. Read more...Last updated: September 12, 1991
Deras (Australia) Pty Ltd (Deras) proposes to establish and operate a 'wet-blue' tannery within the Shire of West Arthur, approximately 14 km north-east of Darkan. The facility would tan up to 220,000 cattle hides per annum using conventional tanning procedures. Hides would be mainly purchased from abattoirs in the south-west. The site would include a receival yard, a parking area, process building (including storage and office areas), a water reservoir and a wastewater treatment and... Read more...Last updated: September 17, 1990
An application by McLean Consolidated Pty Ltd to export hardwood woodchips derived from the sawmill wastes of the Denmark Sawmill through the Port of Albany was approved by the Minister for Environment in 1988. Since being granted that approval, several factors concerning the original proposal have altered, including change of ownership of both the project and the sawmill. The proponent, Southern Plantations Chip Company Pty Ltd, now wishes to export woodchips derived from sawmill wastes... Read more...Last updated: May 1, 1989
The proposal which Nufarm-Coogee has submitted for assessment is as follows: Separation of conditions and commitments in Ministerial Statement 1 , devolving those related to the Chlor-Alkali Plant to Nufarm-Coogee, with the remainder continuing to be the responsibility of SCM Chemicals Ltd; Changing commitments for a foam suppression system in the chlorine storage area. remotely operated valves (ROVs) on the liquified chlorine line. and excess flow valves on the liquified chlorine line; and,... Read more...Last updated: November 14, 1988
The application by Whittakers Limited is for a licence to be issued under the provisions of the Commonwealth Export Control (Unprocessed Wood) Regulations made under the, Export Control Act 1982, . Whittakers has applied for approval to export up to 50,000 tonnes (approximately 41,150 cubic metres) per annum of Karri and Marri woodchips. These woodchips would be derived exclusively from the wastes generated from the milling of sawlogs derived from State Forest in accordance with contracts with... Read more...Last updated: November 14, 1988
The application by McLean Consolidated Pty Ltd is for a licence to be issued under the provisions of the Commonwealth Export Control (Unprocessed Wood) Regulations made under the, Export Control Act 1982, . McLean Consolidated have applied for approval to export up to 60,000 tonnes (approximately 49,380 cubic metres) per annum of Karri and Marri woodchips. These woodchips would be derived exclusively from the wastes generated from sawlogs derived from State Forest. McLean propose to increase... Read more...