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Borrow Pits in Millstream Chichester National Park

Last updated: December 20, 2012

The proposal is for seven borrow pits in the Millstream Chichester National Park (MCNP) where up to 118 hectares (ha) will be disturbed, of which 90 ha is within the national park and the remainder in the excised rail corridor. All borrow pits within the MCNP are within existing Rio Tinto Iron Ore licence areas granted under the, Mining Act 1978, (Robe River Mining Company is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto) and all borrow material will only be used for projects or portions of projects that are... Read more...

Expansion of the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, Shark Bay (s46)

Last updated: December 18, 2012

Expansion of the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort - Request for amendment to Condition 4 of Ministerial Statement 709 - extension of time limit for substantial commencement. Read more...

Newman Satellite Development - Orebody 23

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...

Relocation of Herne Hill quarry operation

Last updated: November 19, 2012

Existing quarry operations (Pioneer No.1) are located on freehold land owned by Pioneer at Lot 11, Neuman Road, Heme Hill in the Shire of Swan. It is proposed to relocate the operation to a new site (Pioneer No.2), within the freehold property, 1.5 kilometres east of the present site in a valley behind the main ridge of the Darling Scarp. Pioneer No.2 is expected to be operational within three years of the date that all necessary approvals have been obtained. The new site has at least 100 years... Read more...

Extension of Kemerton Silica Sand Dredge Mining

Last updated: November 12, 2012

The proposal is for the expansion of Kemerton Silica Sands, with mining operations to expand over entire lease. Read more...

Coyote Gold Mine – Stage 2 (Sandpiper and Kookaburra Open Pits and Haul Road) 280km South-East of Halls Creek

Last updated: November 1, 2012

The proposal, located 280km south east of Halls Creek and 20km west of the Western Australian-Northern Territory border, involves producing approximately 400,000t of ore for gold production from two open pits, Sandpiper and Kookaburra. The ore will be provided for blending with ore from underground mining at the existing operation (Coyote Stage 1). No crushing or processing will be conducted on site and infrastructure will be minimal. Both pits will be mined below the watertable and will not be... 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...

Augusta Wastewater Treatment plant (s. 46)

Last updated: October 4, 2012

Request to change implementation conditions of Ministerial Statement 126 . Read more...

Windarling Range W3/5 Deposit Deepening

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...

Coastal Walk Trail from Point Ann to Hamersley Inlet - Fitzgerald River National Park

Last updated: August 28, 2012

The proposal is to construct and maintain a 45 kilometre (km) coastal walk trail from Point Ann to Hamersley Inlet, through the Wilderness Management Zone of the Fitzgerald River National Park. Camping facilities such as sleeping huts, water collection facilities and toilets would be constructed at camping points along the walk trail. The proposal would also require vehicle access tracks for ongoing maintenance of the walk trail, camping facilities, and emergency response. Read more...

Point Grey Marina

Last updated: August 1, 2012

The proposal is for the construction of an onshore marina (and associated boating infrastructure e.g. boat pens, jetties, navigational aids, entrance channel, protective groynes, public boat ramps and car parks) on the western side of the Point Grey peninsula. The proposal also includes the construction of a 2.5 kilometre navigation channel across the Harvey Estuary from the marina to the Dawesville Channel. Read more...

Pardoo Direct Shipping Ore Project Port Hedland

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...

Cape Riche Seawater Desalination Plant

Last updated: July 19, 2012

The proposal is for a desalination plant located approximately five kilometres (km) west of Cape Riche, and approximately 19 km from the nearest town of Wellstead. The desalination plant would be based on reverse osmosis technology. A seawater intake and pump station would be located 500 m east of Cheyne Inlet, and a brine outfall would be located on the south side of Cape Riche. Pipelines and infrastructure would be also constructed. Read more...

Wheatstone Development – Gas Processing, Export Facilities and Infrastructure (s. 46)

Last updated: July 6, 2012

The proposal is to construct and operate a 25 million tonne per annum Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility and associated Domestic Gas (Domgas) facility in the proposed Ashburton North Strategic Industrial Area (ANSIA) 12 kilometres south west of the town of Onslow. Inquiry under s46 to change conditions 6 and 8 of Ministerial Statement 873 . Read more...

Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Project Stage 1 (s46) [1923]

Last updated: July 6, 2012

The proposal is to mine iron ore from the Stage 1 project area on the southern slopes of the Chichester Range and develop associated mining infrastructure. Inquiry under s46 into request to change condition 9 of Ministerial Statement 824 - Short-Range Endemic Invertebrates. Read more...

Cape Lambert to Emu Siding Rail Duplication

Last updated: June 19, 2012

The proposal is to construct and operate approximately 70 km of duplicate rail line and supporting infrastructure from the Cape Lambert Port facilities to Emu Siding. Read more...

Expansion to Limestone Quarry on Mining Lease 08/06 Sub Lease 3H/034, 8 km south-west of Exmouth

Last updated: May 30, 2012

The proposal is to clear up to 3.7 hectares of native vegetation for a limestone quarry, to screen the material on-site, re-establish an access road and rehabilitate all of the disturbed areas. Read more...

Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project, Windarling W2 pit mining below the groundwater table

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...

Karara Iron Ore Project, 215 km east-south-east of Geraldton and 320 km north-north-east of Perth, Shire of Perenjori (s. 46)

Last updated: May 4, 2012

Inquiry under s46 regarding amendments to the conditions of Ministerial Statement 805 . Read more...

Telfer Project, Power Supply and Infrastructure Corridor, Port Hedland to Telfer Gold Mine, Great Sandy Desert

Last updated: May 2, 2012

The proposal is to supply power to an expanded mining operation at the Telfer Gold Mine. The proposed expansion of the Telfer Gold Mine associated with this proposal is being dealt with separately. That mine expansion is set out in a separate referral to the EPA (Newcrest Mining Limited 2002b). The mine expansion and power supply proposals have been separated because it is likely that the mine and power supply will eventually be operated by different proponents. Nevertheless, the proposals have... Read more...

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