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: April 2, 2024
DevelopmentWA is seeking to develop the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area (KSIA) for the purpose of industrial and infrastructure development as a strategic proposal. The KSIA is located within the Shire of Harvey, 17 kilometres north of Bunbury. The KSIA key characteristics are: Development of the Kemerton Strategic industry Zone (Industry Core) which is approximately 2,024 hectares (ha). There is an approximate 50-year time period for development. Ultimate land use proposed is to be heavy... Read more...Last updated: November 21, 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...Last updated: May 16, 2023
Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd (Worsley) proposes to upgrade the Worsley refinery in order to increase production to 4.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). Worsley has approval under Part IV of the, Environmental Protection Act, 1986, for production of 3.7Mtpa, and the refinery currently operates at 3.25Mtpa. Read more...Last updated: January 31, 2022
APH Contractors proposes to extract approximately 2.2 million bank cubic metres of sand from 22.87 hectares over a period of 20 years at an annual extraction rate of 100,000 – 120,000 tonnes per year. Sand will be extracted to a maximum depth of 20m Australian Height Datum (AHD). It is proposed that sand extraction will continue from east of Gelorup Hill and move progressively southwards in 18 sand extraction blocks, each between one and two hectares. Embankments will be restored to 1:4 (14o)... 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: July 8, 2019
The proposal involves the construction and commissioning of a new tailings storage cell (Cell 12A) for the storage of lithium processing tailings at the Banksia Road Waste Management Facility (Banksia Road WMF) located at Lot 2 on Plan 65861, Crooked Brook in Western Australia (WA). It is proposed that Cell 12A will have the capacity to contain approximately 522,000 tonnes of tailings. Read more...Last updated: October 15, 2018
Alcoa proposes to expand the Wagerup Refinery through construction of a third production unit. The proposed production increase to approximately 4.7 Mtpa alumina is to be achieved by a combination of new equipment and upgrade of existing equipment in order to achieve an increase in both capacity and efficiency. As the Wagerup Refinery has been subject to previous assessments, this represents a revised proposal pursuant to s 45B of the EP Act. The current maximum production permitted under the... Read more...Last updated: April 4, 2018
Griffin Power Pty Ltd, proposes to construct and operate a 200MW coal-fired power station known as the Bluewaters Power Station Phase II (Bluewaters II) adjacent to the proposed Bluewaters Power Station (Bluewaters I) on a site located approximately 4km north-east of Collie. It would be a subcritical coal-fired base-load generation facility with a nominal generating capacity of up to 200MW. The Bluewaters II Power Station would supplement the Bluewaters I Power Station and supply electricity... Read more...Last updated: May 1, 2015
The proposal is for the construction and operation of two nominal 229 Megawatt (208 Megawatt net sent-out) subcritical coal-fired base-load generation plants (i.e. Bluewaters Power Station Phases III and IV) on a site adjacent to the existing Bluewaters Phase I and Phase II generating plants located approximately 4.5 kilometres north-east of Collie. The proposal is further documented in Ministerial Statement 837 and EPA Report 1349 . This assessment deals with a request for a change to the Time... Read more...Last updated: October 2, 2014
The proposal involves the construction and operation of a 40 Megawatt power plant fueled by up to 380,000 tonnes (+/-10%) per annum of, Eucalyptus globulus, (Bluegum) and pine plantation wastes, a pipeline for water supply, and a power line connecting the power plant to the sub-station. Inquiry under s46 in response to a request for extension of timeframe for substantial commencement, condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 791. Read more...Last updated: June 18, 2014
The proposal is to construct and operate a coal handling and export facility within the Bunbury Port Inner Harbour in the south-west region of Western Australia. Read more...Last updated: February 7, 2014
The Water Corporation of Western Australia proposes to construct, commission, operate and maintain a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) on a portion of the C class Crown reserve No. 29778 (Forestry Purposes) on Chugg Street, north-east of the Walpole townsite. That portion of the reserve is predominantly cleared and used as a depot for the Department of Conservation and Land Management. Read more...Last updated: November 24, 2011
The proposal is for the construction and operation of a mineral sands mine at Gwindinup, approximately 25 kilometres south-south-east of Bunbury and between two and ten kilometres south of the town of Boyanup. Read more...Last updated: January 20, 2011
The proposal is for the construction and operation of two nominal 229 Megawatt (208 Megawatt net sent-out) subcritical coal-fired base-load generation plants (i.e. Bluewaters Power Station Phases III and IV) on a site adjacent to the existing Bluewaters Phase I and Phase II generating plants located approximately 4.5 kilometres north-east of Collie. The proposal also involves the construction and operation of an approximately 63 kilometre long wastewater discharge pipeline following the same... Read more...Last updated: March 13, 2009
The proposal involves the construction and operation of a 40 Megawatt power plant fuelled by up to 380,000 tonnes (+/-10%) per annum of, Eucalyptus globulus, (Bluegum) and pine plantation wastes, a pipeline for water supply, and a power line connecting the power plant to the sub-station. 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: October 19, 2005
Worsley Alumina’s alumina refinery has existing approval for the production of 3.7 million tonnes per anum (Mtpa) of alumina. This proposal is for the construction and operation of a natural gas-fired, co-generation option. The proposal would be implemented in two stages, each consisting of a gas turbine with a nominal generation capacity of 120 MW electrical output and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of nominally 210 MW steam output. The facility would be located at the Worsley alumina... Read more...