Last updated: October 9, 2013
The proposal involves extensions to mines at Yarrie and Sunrise Hill, new mines at Nimingarra (Nim I), Cattle Gorge and associated infrastructure such as haul roads and a power line. The proposal also seeks to revise the decommissioning and rehabilitation plan for the entire Goldsworthy operations. Read more...Last updated: August 22, 2013
The proposal is to develop an open-cut iron ore mine and associated infrastructure at the Turee Syncline deposit, located approximately 30 kilometres north-east of Paraburdoo. Read more...Last updated: August 22, 2013
The proposal is to develop an open-cut iron ore mine and associated infrastructure at the Western Turner Syncline Stage 2 – B1 and Section 17 deposits, located approximately 30 kilometres west of Tom Price in the central Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: August 15, 2013
Construct and operate a shallow open pit iron ore mine and associated infrastructure on the Mt Gibson Pastoral Lease in the Mid-West of Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: August 6, 2013
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd proposes to develop a new Direct Shipping Ore iron ore mine at Murray's Hill in the Pilbara, and will extract iron ore at a rate of up to 5 million tonnes per annum. Mining is proposed above the water table and no dewatering will be required. The project consists of one mine pit, waste dump, crushing and screening plant, accommodation plant, and associated infrastructure., Note: This proposal is now referred to as the ‘Murray’s Hill Project’ and is a separate... Read more...Last updated: March 27, 2013
Proposal by Robe River Mining Company Pty Ltd to mine iron ore at Mesa A/Warramboo. This report has been prepared in response to a request from the Minister under section 43(1) of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, (EP Act) that the EPA re-assess the proposal in the light of additional information provided by the proponent. Read more...Last updated: January 30, 2013
The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore mining area and associated infrastructure at the Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine located approximately 30 kilometres north-west of Newman within the Shire of East Pilbara. Inquiry under s46 - request to change conditions 5-1, 8-2, 8-3, 9 and 10-2 of Ministerial Statement 854 . Read more...Last updated: January 11, 2013
Brockman Iron Pty Ltd is proposing to construct a railway line and associated infrastructure in the Hamersley Iron province in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately 100 kilometres (km) north west of Newman. The railway line would be approximately 79 km in length. The proposal will connect the previously approved Brockman Marillana Iron Ore Project ( Ministerial Statement 855 ) to the existing Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) railway line. Read more...Last updated: January 11, 2013
The proposal is to develop and operate an iron ore mine on the Blacksmith tenement located approximately 70 km north-west of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: December 4, 2012
The proposal is for mining of iron ore below the watertable from the Orebody 23 deposit on the Ophthalmia Range, including de-watering operations, approximately 13 kilometres north-east of Newman, Shire of East Pilbara. Read more...Last updated: September 10, 2012
The proposal is for exploration activities on mining leases E47/1301, E47/1302, E47/1196 and E47/2037, approximately 75 km north-west of Tom Price, Pilbara region. Read more...Last updated: August 29, 2012
The proposal is situated on Mining Leases M77/999 and M77/1000, approximately 130 kilometres north of Southern Cross in the Shire of Yilgarn. The proposal is to mine iron ore by open cut mining below the groundwater table in the portion of the W3/5 Deposit at Windarling Range. The depth of the open-cut mine will increase from nominally 400 metres Australian Height Datum (AHD) to nominally 315 metres AHD. Read more...Last updated: August 6, 2012
FMG Iron Bridge Limited proposes to develop the North Star Hematite Project (the Project), located approximately 110 km south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Project includes a new mine with one open pit, one waste dump, processing area, accommodation camp, sewerage treatment, workshops, fuel storage and other associated mine infrastructure to enable extraction of oxide ore at a rate of up to 5.0 Mtpa for approximately 2.3 years. Ore will be processed through... Read more...Last updated: July 24, 2012
The proposal is to develop and operate a direct shipping iron ore project in the Pilbara. The project involves the open-cut mining of eight small pits approximately 70 kilometres east of Port Hedland to obtain direct shipping ore quality haematite. Annual ore production will be 1.5 million tonnes. Read more...Last updated: May 30, 2012
The proposal is for open-cut mining of iron ore (haematite) below the groundwater table at the currently mined W2 pit at Windarling, approximately 90 kilometres north-north-east of Koolyanobbing. The open-cut mine will require a depth increase of approximately 114 metres from nominally 402 metres Australian Height Datum (AHD) to 288 metres AHD. This will enable mining of an estimated six million tonnes of ore. Read more...Last updated: May 4, 2012
Inquiry under s46 regarding amendments to the conditions of Ministerial Statement 805 . Read more...Last updated: April 2, 2012
The proposal is to expand Fortescue Metals' current operations within the Pilbara region, Western Australia to include the development of a new iron ore project, known as the Io Project, which is located within the Nyidinghu Study Area. The Project is located on Marillana Station approximately 40 kilometres (km) south of Fortescue’s Cloudbreak operations and approximately 100 km north-west of Newman. The major components of the Project are: An iron ore mine and resource comprising Brockman... Read more...Last updated: March 28, 2012
The original proposal, as set out in the proponent’s PER, comprised four iron ore mines in the Pilbara region, an ore beneficiation plant, a borefield, an accommodation village and 160km of east-west railway connecting to the north-south link to Port Hedland. Since release of the PER, FMG has made several major modifications to the proposal: the proposed mines at Mt Lewin and Mt Nicholas have been excised; the connecting infrastructure to those minesites is not now needed, leading to a change... Read more...Last updated: January 9, 2012
The proposal consists of a designated mining area containing two open pits, integrated waste and tailings landform, ore beneficiating plant and workshops, a combined gas pipeline spur and water pipe corridor, a services (possible water, gas, power transmission) corridor to Weld Range, the Byro Sub-basin Borefield and the Murchison Palaeochannel Borefield, a power station, airstrip, village and ancillaries. The Jack Hills Expansion Project is contiguous with the Stage 1 mine. Read more...