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Cloudbreak Life of Mine Expansion

Last updated: February 9, 2024

The proposal includes the existing Cloudbreak iron ore mine and proposed expansion. The existing mine includes open pit strip mining, backfilling of pits, progressive rehabilitation and ore processing. The expansion includes increasing ore production, development of new pits and permanent waste landforms, the development of new infrastructure, additional dewatering and water disposal activities, an upgrade of the ore processing facility. Read more...

HyEnergy® Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Project

Last updated: February 5, 2024

Province Resources Ltd propose to use combined onshore wind and solar energy to produce green hydrogen and ammonia for export to the green energy market. The proposal is distributed across 3 distinct locations within the Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The proposal will comprise the following major elements: • up to 945 ha (6.8 GW) of wind turbines and up to 10,000 ha of solar arrays (5.2 GW) • a new multiuser port facility with a material offloading facility and export terminal •... Read more...

Earl Grey Lithium Project, Life of Mine Proposal

Last updated: February 2, 2024

The revised proposal is to develop a pegmatite-hosted lithium deposit at the abandoned Mt Holland Mine Site, in a Development Envelope of 3,996 ha. The Proposal involves new clearing of up to 1,885 ha of native vegetation, and use of existing cleared/disturbed land, infrastructure including a mine pit, waste rock landforms, tailings storage facility, processing plant, airstrip, accommodation village, water storage facilities, power generation infrastructure and associated infrastructure., The... Read more...

Broome Regional Resource Recovery Park – Landfill Development

Last updated: January 29, 2024

The Shire of Broome propose to develop a Class III landfill, leachate management system and asbestos monocell at the Regional Resource Recovery Park (RRRP). The RRRP is located at Lot 550 on the Broome-Cape Leveque Rd, 12km northeast of the Broome town centre. Read more...

Winu Project

Last updated: December 22, 2023

Rio Tinto Winu Pty Limited (the Proponent) proposes to develop the Winu Project (the Proposal). The Proposal is a new copper-gold mine located approximately 300 km south of Broome and 320 km east of Port Hedland in the northern Pilbara region of Western Australia within both the Nyangumarta people’s and the Martu people’s Native Title Determination Areas. The Proposal conceptual footprint will require the clearing of up to 4,868 ha of native vegetation within a proposed 37,344 ha Development... Read more...

Mulga Downs Hub and Rail Spur

Last updated: December 22, 2023

The Mulga Downs Hub and Rail Spur (the Proposal) is located approximately 210 km south of Port Hedland and 180 km northwest of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Proposal is for the development of a hub and rail spur to connect into the existing Roy Hill Railway for the transport of iron ore to Port Hedland. The Proposal includes truck unloading and train loading facilities, product rehandling facilities, stockyards, a laboratory, a rail loop and rail service tracks, lateral... Read more...

Ningaloo Lighthouse Resort Project

Last updated: December 15, 2023

Z1Z Resorts Pty Ltd proposes to redevelop the Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park, located along Yardie Creek Road, North West Cape. The Proposal comprises the construction of new visitor accommodation; the construction of associated ancillary facilities (i.e., staff accommodation, power supply infrastructure, water supply and treatment, wastewater treatment and reuse, and replacement service station (vehicle refuelling) etc.); refurbishment of the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse Quarters (a part of... Read more...

Yanchep Rail Extension: Part 2 – Eglinton to Yanchep

Last updated: December 15, 2023

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate an extension of the existing Joondalup railway line from a point north of the proposed future Eglinton Station. The proposal will extend the Joondalup railway line through to Yanchep in the City of Wanneroo and includes a new intermodal transit station within the Yanchep City Centre area. The development envelope is up to 73 hectares (ha) and the proposal will result in potential impacts to native vegetation that includes... Read more...

Forest Management Plan 2024-2033

Last updated: November 30, 2023

The Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 (FMP 2024-2033) is a statutory plan for the management of approximately 2,522,000 hectares of land and waters vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission in the south-west of Western Australia, in accordance with the, Conservation and Land Management Act 1984, (CALM Act) to fulfil the statutory purposes for which that land is reserved. The proposal is to undertake a range of management activities, the most significant being conservation reserve creation... Read more...

Pinjarra Alumina Refinery Revised Proposal

Last updated: November 27, 2023

Alcoa of Australia Limited is proposing to increase production at the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery (the refinery) and increase the rate of bauxite mining at the existing Huntly Mine within Mineral Lease 1SA (ML1SA) to supply 2.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) bauxite, for export to third party customers. The Proposal comprises the following components: an increase in alumina production at the refinery by 5 percent, from 5.0 Mtpa to 5.25 Mtpa; A transition of the Huntly mine into the Myara North... Read more...

Eliwana Iron Ore Mine

Last updated: November 6, 2023

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd proposes to develop the Eliwana Mine Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Eliwana Mine Project Area is located approximately 90 km west-northwest of Tom Price. Over the life of the mine, the average annual production rate is estimated at 30 Mtpa but infrastructure will be constructed to reflect peaks in the annual production rate up to 50 Mtpa. The estimated mine life is 24 years. The proposal involves the clearing of up to 8,560 ha of native... Read more...

Western Extension to the Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: November 6, 2023

Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd is proposing to expand its current mining operation for the Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project, which operates under Ministerial Statement Numbers 810 and 1089, to include an additional 511.64 hectares of mining area located immediately west of the current operations. Read more...

Optimised Mardie Project

Last updated: October 19, 2023

Mardie Minerals Pty Ltd has approval to develop a greenfields high quality salt and SoP project and associated export facility at Mardie, approximately 80 km south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of WA. The project will produce a high purity salt product, Sulphate of Potash (SoP) and other products that can be derived from sea water. The Proposal includes the expansion of the approved Mardie Project (Ministerial Statement [MS] 1175) including expanded concentrator and crystalliser ponds... Read more...

Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub

Last updated: October 18, 2023

Pilbara Energy (Generation) Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate the Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub on the Uaroo and Emu Creek Pastoral Stations located 120 kilometres south of Onslow, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal is to construct and operate a renewable energy generation hub to power Fortescue Metals Group Limited’s mining operations in the Pilbara. The proposal will generate electricity (up to 5.4 gigawatts) from up to 340 wind turbine generators and a solar farm.... Read more...

Karara Iron Ore Project – Mine Life Extension

Last updated: October 16, 2023

Karara Mining Limited is seeking to revise its existing Karara Iron Ore Mine, located 320 km north-northeast of Perth in the Midwest Region of Western Australia. The revised proposal includes additional ground disturbance to support the revised Life of Mine strategy, including a revised development envelope, extension of the tailings storage facility and waste rock landform, incorporation of the areas previously approved under the Mungada Iron Ore Project (MIOP) (MS 806) and areas required for... Read more...

Sanjiv Ridge Project - Stage 2

Last updated: September 29, 2023

Atlas Iron Pty Ltd is proposing to develop and operate Stage 2 of the Sanjiv Ridge Project, a satellite operation to Stage 1, which will involve the above water table mining of approximately 10 million tonnes (Mt) of iron ore from the Glen Herring deposit which is located on an adjacent range 3 km west of Stage 1 and approximately 241 km south-east of Port Hedland in the Shire of East Pilbara. The proposal will consist of three new pits, four waste rock dumps and a 4 km haul road connecting to... Read more...

Newman Hub (Western Ridge) Derived Proposal

Last updated: September 8, 2023

BHP propose to expand existing mining operations at the Newman Hub in the Pilbara, approximately 2 kilometres (km) southwest of Newman. The Proposal is a derived proposal for mining operations at Newman (Western Ridge) authorised by the Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal, Ministerial Statement 1105. The proposal is to develop four iron ore deposits to expand BHP’s Newman Hub and includes: overburden storage areas ore and topsoil stockpiles haul and access roads overland conveyor 30 million... Read more...

Ashburton Salt Project

Last updated: September 4, 2023

K plus S Salt Australia Pty Ltd is seeking approval to construct and operate a 3.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) Solar Salt Project located approximately 40 km south-west of the township of Onslow, within the Shire of Ashburton. Read more...

Manuwarra Red Dog Highway – Revised Proposal

Last updated: July 4, 2023

In 1998 Main Roads Western Australia (Main Roads) referred Stages 2, 3 and 4 of the Karratha – Tom Price Road, now called the Manuwarra Red Dog Highway (the Original Proposal), to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The EPA assessed the Original Proposal and published EPA Report 1159. Ministerial Statement (MS) 677 was published in 2005. Construction of Stage 2 was completed in 2008. Stage 3 of the Original Proposal is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in... Read more...

Great Northern Highway – Bindoon Bypass

Last updated: June 26, 2023

The proposal is to construct and operate a new 48 km section of the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering. The proposal would bypass the town of Bindoon located approximately 70 km north east of Perth, Western Australia. The Proposal would consist of a combination of four lane dual carriageway, four lane single carriageway and two lane single carriageway and would divert from the existing GNH at the Chittering Roadhouse running west of Bindoon and re-joining the GNH between Hay... Read more...

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