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Lots 2 and 10 Rowley Road, Mandogalup

Last updated: September 6, 2022

Questdale Holdings Pty. Ltd. (the proponent) are proposing to clear vegetation for bushfire fuel reduction and to extend an existing sand quarry extraction operation within Lots 2 and 10 Rowley Road, Mandogalup. The proposal area consists of 43.67 hectares (ha) and is located on freehold land. The proponent proposes to extract sand at a rate of 195,000 tonnes per annum for a period of 10 years. Excavated material will be screened prior to loading. The proponent proposes to clear approximately... Read more...

Sandy Ridge Facility – Alignment of Gate Waste Acceptance Tonnage

Last updated: August 22, 2022

Tellus Holdings Ltd are proposing to increase the tonnage of waste accepted at the Sandy Ridge Facility from the current approved (Ministerial Statement 1078) 100,000 tonnes per annum to up to 280,000 tonnes per annum for permanent isolation in the Site’s waste disposal cells. The Proposal will occur within the existing and approved development envelope as outlined in Ministerial Statement 1078 Read more...

Quarry at Lot 150 Clydesdale Road, Grass Valley

Last updated: August 1, 2022

Resource Group (WA) Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate a hard rock quarry at the location of Grass Valley, 17 kilometres east of Northam WA. The project will process blasted rock from the quarry into smaller sized proportions suitable for use in concrete, roadworks and other civil works. The operation will produce no more than 70,000 tonnes of saleable product per annum. Products will be transported from the quarry by road using truck and semi-trailers, both locally and to various sites... Read more...

North Kiaka Quartzite Mine

Last updated: August 1, 2022

Simcoa Operations Pty Ltd is proposing to establish a new quartzite mine approximately 15 km north of Moora, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and 2 km north of the existing mine. The proposal will include the establishment of an above groundwater mine pit, waste rock landform, infrastructure corridor and associated infrastructure. Quartzite would be trucked to Simcoa’s existing smelter in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area 17 km north-east of Bunbury. It is anticipated the... Read more...

Beatons Creek Fresh Rock Expansion

Last updated: July 11, 2022

The Proposal is located in the east Pilbara region of Western Australia within a development envelope of 718 ha and clearing no more than 270 ha. The Beatons Creek Gold Project is currently operating under relevant approvals and permits of the Environmental Protection Act (Part V) and Mining Act 1978 (Mining Act). The Fresh Rock Expansion proposes to mine deeper into the fresh rock resource including below the water table, enabling mining to continue at Beatons Creek. The proposal includes: •... Read more...

Arrowsmith Central Silica Sand Project

Last updated: June 20, 2022

The proponent (VRX Silica Ltd) proposes to develop a high-grade silica sand mine in the Geraldton Sandplain bioregion of WA, approximately 260 km north of Perth and 20km North-West of Eneabba. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 334 hectares of native vegetation. Vegetation and topsoil would be relocated to rehabilitation areas using a Vegetation Direct Transfer method (VDT). Mining is proposed to occur in blocks (150m x 150m), with up to five blocks being mined each year. The... Read more...

Arrowsmith North Silica Sand Project

Last updated: June 14, 2022

VRX Silica Ltd propose to develop a silica sand mine in the Geraldton Sandplain bioregion of Western Australia, approximately 270 km north of Perth. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 412.2 hectares of native vegetation and will involve sequential mining of sand 8 – 15 metres below the soil surface. Vegetation and topsoil will be relocated to rehabilitation areas using the Vegetation Direct Transfer method. Mining will be undertaken in sections by removing blocks (typically 150m... Read more...

Gidgegannup Granite Quarry (S46) [2342]

Last updated: May 30, 2022

The requested change relates to condition 3 of Statement 1035 (as relevant to Statement 861) for an extension to the Time Limit for Proposal Implementation. Read more...

Limestone and Sand Quarry Lot 1002 Preston Beach

Last updated: April 5, 2022

Doyles Lime Service Pty Ltd proposes limestone and sand excavation approximately 4.5 km north of the Preston Beach townsite, Shire of Waroona. Read more...

Port Beach Sand Nourishment via Dredging

Last updated: March 28, 2022

The City of Fremantle and Fremantle Ports propose to undertake up to 150,000 cubic metres of maintenance and capital dredging from a portion of Fremantle Ports deep water entrance channel and nourish Port Beach with the dredged material. The proposal footprint is 60.27 hectares, located 1.6 kilometres from the Cottesloe Reef Fish Habitat Protection Area. The proposal could impact on the environmental factors of benthic communities and habitats, marine environmental quality, coastal processes... Read more...

Southern Extension of Sandpit, Lot 2 Calinup Road, Gelorup, Shire of Capel (S46) [2264]

Last updated: February 2, 2022

Change to Condition 9 (Rehabilitation) to remove reference to northern portion of Lot 2 Read more...

Southern Extension of Sandpit, Lot 2 Calinup Road, Gelorup, Shire of Capel

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...

Sand and Limestone Extraction, Lots 1498 and 1504 Finn Road, Myalup

Last updated: September 28, 2021

Ietto Farms proposes to extract sand and limestone from Lots 1498 and 1504 Finn Road, Myalup in the Shire of Harvey. The original extractive industry licence for this proposal expired in July 2014. The proposal would extract sand and limestone from the site, to facilitate road construction projects throughout the southwest of Western Australia. The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Preston, a conservation category wetland and RAMSAR listed wetland. The proposal would require the clearing of... Read more...

Warton Road Mining Proposal

Last updated: July 28, 2021

Hanson Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Rocla Pty Ltd) proposes to extract sand within Bush Forever Site 390, on mining tenements M70/1142 and M70/1088 approximately 20km South of Perth at Lot 467 Jandakot Road, Banjup (City of Cockburn). The proposal would include: - a development envelope of 9.56 hectares (ha), including 5.63 ha that has been historically cleared; - clearing of 3.93 ha of native vegetation; - sand extraction of 300,000 tonnes over a period of approximately three years; - dry... Read more...

Lancefield Quarry

Last updated: April 6, 2021

Focus Minerals Ltd propose a small scale operation limited in duration for crushing and screening waste rock material from an existing waste rock dump at the Lancefield Gold Mine area.  The proposal is located approximately 250 kilometres north east of Kalgoorlie.  There will be approximately 1.5 hectares of clearing for a water pipeline and widening access tracks to support the mobile crushing and screening machinery. Read more...

Sandy Ridge Facility (S46) [2241]

Last updated: September 24, 2020

Change to implementation conditions relating to financial assurance requirements. Read more...

Extractive Industry - Lot 226 Paterson Road, Nambeelup

Last updated: August 24, 2020

King Street Trust is applying for Planning Consent and an Extractive Industries Licence for sand extraction on Lot 226, Paterson Road, Nambeelup, for a period of 10 years. Lot 226 Paterson Road is approximately 155 hectares (ha) in size. The proposal will require a total of 24.5 ha of proposed disturbance (excavation) including 12.7 ha of native vegetation clearing. The depth of excavation will be between 1 to 5 metres below natural land surface, with the rate of excavation between 50 000 and... Read more...

Sand and Clay Extraction, 1728 Great Northern Highway, Bullsbrook

Last updated: September 2, 2019

Brikmakers (BGC Australia Pty Ltd) propose to extract clay and sand at Lots 5 and 6 (1728) Great Northern Highway, Bullsbrook. The site was historically used for the grazing of cattle. Therefore, the majority of the site has been previously cleared of vegetation. Several stands of native trees are located mostly to the west of Lot 5 and to the north of Lot 6. The proposal would include the clearing of 7 hectares of native vegetation and excavation of up to 26 metres in depth. Read more...

Hard Rock Quarry, Lot 800 Pruden Road, Whitby

Last updated: August 29, 2019

Italia Stone Group proposes to develop a hard rock quarry at Lot 800 Pruden Road Whitby, approximately 3.5 kilometres east of Mundijong in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The proposed quarry is on freehold land and is for the extraction of 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes of hard rock per annum for a period of 20 years. The material will be extracted by drill and blast methods and hauled by truck to a processing area for crushing and stockpiling on site. Read more...

Sandy Ridge Project

Last updated: February 5, 2019

The proposal is to construct and operate a dual kaolin (clay) mine and a waste facility, accepting Class IV (Secure Landfill) and a V (Intractable Landfill) waste from all of Australia, including waste from offshore Oil and Gas facilities. The waste would include amongst other things low level radioactive wastes and persistent organic pollutants. The proposal would receive on average 100 000 tonnes of waste per annum for approximately 25 years. The proposal is located 140 kilometres west north... Read more...

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