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Shine Iron Ore Project

Last updated: January 29, 2025

The proposal is to develop an iron ore mine located approximately 68 kilometres south-east of Yalgoo and 30 kilometres north-east of the Greater Karara Iron Ore Project in the Shire of Yalgoo. Read more...

Yogi Magnetite Project

Last updated: November 25, 2024

FI Joint Venture Pty Ltd is proposing to construct and operate a magnetite iron ore project, with mining, processing and associated infrastructure. The proposed mine is located approximately 225 kilometres (km) east-northeast of Geraldton and 15 km northeast of Yalgoo within the Shire of Yalgoo. The proposal includes a magnetite slurry pipeline and a water pipeline to Geraldton Port and a gas supply pipeline from the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline network. Mining of the magnetite will... Read more...

Eneabba Mineral Sand Mine

Last updated: May 12, 2021

The proposal is for an open cut mine that will operate over approximately six years and will extract over 2.1 million tonnes (Mt) of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) (mostly zircon and titanium minerals) from the IPL North mineral deposit. Ore will undergo initial onsite processing to produce HMC. Mining will commence at the most southern end of the deposit and progress to the north. It is expected that mining will occur 24 hours/day for the majority of the proposal. Read more...

Dongara Titanium Minerals Project

Last updated: July 29, 2019

The proposal is to develop and operate a mineral sands mine approximately 25 kilometres south-east of the township of Dongara in the Midwest Region of Western Australia. Read more...

Weld Range Iron Ore Project (S46) [2205]

Last updated: June 21, 2019

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Rosslyn Hill Mining Paroo Station Lead Mine Hydrometallurgical Facility

Last updated: September 25, 2018

Rosslyn Hill Mining Pty Ltd is proposing to expand their operations at Paroo Station to install a hydrometallurgical facility to convert lead carbonate concentrate to lead metal (ingots). The proposal is located 30 km west of Wiluna (Shire of Wiluna). The proposal includes an additional clearing of approximately 400 hectares, and the exportation of the product through the Port of Fremantle. Read more...

Karara Iron Ore Project

Last updated: December 13, 2017

The proposal is to construct and operate a magnetite iron ore mine, processing plant and associated infrastructure, linear infrastructure corridor accommodating the raw water pipeline to the borefield near Mingenew, and access road to Morawa, in the Midwest region of Western Australia. Read more...

Yeelirrie Uranium Project

Last updated: January 16, 2017

The proposal is to mine uranium ore from the Yeelirrie deposit, approximately 70 km south-west of Wiluna, and the construction of associated mine infrastructure, including ore processing facilities, water (includes borefield and corridors) abstraction and reinjection infrastructure, roads, accommodation, offices and workshops, stockpile and laydown areas and evaporation pond. Tailings would be discharged into the mine open pit. Read more...

Extension to the Wiluna Uranium Project

Last updated: January 9, 2017

Toro proposes to revise the Approved Project by developing Millipede and Lake Maitland uranium deposits and developing associated infrastructure. The Proposed Extension would result in the additional direct disturbance of approximately 1,582 hectares (ha) within an additional Development Envelope of approximately 3,891 ha. The Proposed Extension would include open mine pits at Millipede and Lake Maitland, in-pit tailings storage facility (TSF) at Millipede, accommodation village, workshop, run-... Read more...

Wiluna Uranium Project

Last updated: November 17, 2016

The proposal is to construct and operate a uranium mine consisting of two deposits Centipede and Lake Way at mining tenements M53/224 and MLA53/1090, located approximately 30 kilometres south and 15 kilometres south-east of Wiluna. Read more...

Magellan Lead Carbonate Project - Inquiry under s. 46 to amend Ministerial Statement 905

Last updated: February 26, 2015

The Minister for Environment has requested that the EPA inquire into and report on the matter of changing the implementation conditions relating to Ministerial Statement 905 in order to: extend the time limit on shipments of lead carbonate through Fremantle Port (condition 3A); and reduce the amount of the financial assurance required and allow the release and reinstatement of the financial assurance in the event operations are suspended (condition 18). Read more...

Weld Range Iron Ore Project

Last updated: March 12, 2014

The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore mine and associated infrastructure at Weld Range. Open pit mining would occur above and below the water table and would involve dewatering. Excess water would be discharged to a lined evaporation pond. Read more...

Waste disposal site at Narngulu (Meru Waste Disposal Facility) (s. 46)

Last updated: January 7, 2013

Waste Disposal Site at Narngulu (Meru) Read more...

Barrambie Vanadium Project

Last updated: October 22, 2012

To develop an open-cut vanadium mine and process plant at Barrambie, 75 kilometres north-west of the Sandstone townsite and 116 kilometres south-east of Meekatharra Read more...

Central West Coal Project

Last updated: May 22, 2012

The project site is located approximately 15 kilometres south of Eneabba in the Shires of Coorow and Carnamah, Western Australia. The CWC Project involves open cut mining and supply of approximately 75 Mt of sub-bituminous grade coal to the proposed Coolimba Power Station at a rate of 2 to 2.5 Mtpa over 30 years. The South Eneabba Nature Reserve is at the southern end, east of the proposed mine, while the Lake Logue Nature Reserve is towards the northern end and on the western side of the... Read more...

Oakajee Rail Development

Last updated: March 14, 2011

Oakajee Rail Development is a component of the larger Oakajee Port and Rail Development. The proposed heavy haulage railway and the associated facilities covered in this proposal include 570 kilometres (km) of railway and associated rail infrastructure extending in a north-easterly direction from the North West Coastal Highway (NWCH) approximately 1.5km south of Olsen Road at Oakajee, approximately 24km north of Geraldton, to the Jack Hills mining operations located approximately 500km to the... Read more...

Oakajee Terrestrial Port Development

Last updated: March 14, 2011

The proposal is to construct and operate iron ore handling and storage facilities and ancillary infrastructure required to develop and operate a 45 million tonne per annum iron ore export facility at Oakajee, 24km north of Geraldton. Read more...

Mungada Iron Ore Project

Last updated: March 11, 2011

The proposal is to mine hematite and magnetite iron ore from the Blue Hills North and Terapod deposits, and construction of associated mine infrastructure, upgraded access road to Morawa, Tilley Siding, and powerline corridor in the Midwest region of Western Australia. Read more...

Mid West Iron and Steel Project - Geraldton Steel Plant, Oakajee, Shire of Chapman Valley

Last updated: December 12, 1997

The proposal is to establish the Geraldton Steel Plant (GSP) at Oakajee, 23km north of Geraldton. The GSP will be located within the planned Oakajee Industrial Estate in the Shire of Chapman Valley. The proposal will consist of the following main components: a pellet plant in which the majority of iron ore is converted to pellets suitable for direct reduction; two direct reduction plants for the reduction of pelletised iron ore to direct reduced iron; three electric arc furnaces and tlu·ee... Read more...

Mt Keith Nickel Project Tailings storage upgrade

Last updated: May 8, 1996

The proposal is to develop an upgraded tailings storage facility (TSF) at the Mt Keith nickel mine, located approximately 100 kilometres north of Leinster in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia Mining. Processing of nickel ore commenced at Mt Keith in 1994. To date, two conventional paddock storage type tailings cells have been used to store tailings, and the proponent has approval to construct an additional two cells. In 1990, a feasibility study into centralised thickened... Read more...

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