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Thornlie-Cockburn Link

Last updated: June 22, 2023

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate a new 14.5 kilometre (km) dual railway track to extend the existing Thornlie passenger line to Cockburn Central Station on the Mandurah line and duplicate the existing 3 km of single track between Beckenham Junction and Thornlie Station. The proposal requires the relocation of 11 km of freight line within the existing rail reserve. The proposal requires the construction and operation of two new stations at Ranford and... Read more...

Solomon Iron Ore Project Expansion

Last updated: June 7, 2023

Fortescue Metals Group Limited is proposing to increase the footprint and mining life of the Solomon Iron Ore Project. The proposal consists of expanding mining operations and rail infrastructure beyond the current footprint. Fortescue Metals Group Limited is also seeking approval for an external borefield to provide an additional water supply to support the expansion. The extent of proposed ground disturbance is approximately: 11,322 hectares for the mine expansion within a development... Read more...

Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: November 8, 2022

Sheffield Resources Limited is seeking approval to develop the Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project located on the Dampier Peninsula, approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Derby, Western Australia. The proposal is for a mineral sands operation with an estimated 40 year life of mine. Mineral product will be mined from the Thunderbird Deposit and processed onsite before being transported by road to the Derby Wharf for storage and subsequent export. Read more...

Proposed Extension of Existing Transport Depot, Lot 14 (No 1527) Great Northern Highway, Upper Swan

Last updated: October 25, 2022

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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...

North Star Magnetite Project

Last updated: December 24, 2021

The Proponent, FMG Iron Bridge Ltd, proposes to construct and operate the North Star Magnetite Iron Ore Mine, located approximately 110km south of Port Hedland, WA. The Project also includes a borefield in the Canning Basin and a slurry pipeline to transport the ore product to Port Hedland for export. Read more...

Chloride Process Pigment Plant Kemerton and Operations at Australind (S46) [2025]

Last updated: December 6, 2021

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Mardie Project

Last updated: November 24, 2021

Mardie Minerals Pty Ltd proposes to develop a high volume salt and Sulphate of Potash project at Mardie, approximately 80 km south west of Karratha, in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. The proposal would utilise seawater and evaporation to produce a concentrated salt product and other associated products., The proposal includes a seawater intake, evaporation ponds, processing plant, bitterns disposal pipeline and outfall, desalination plant, freshwater supply bores and associated... Read more...

Yangibana Rare Earths Project

Last updated: November 9, 2021

The proposal is to extract and process Rare Earth Element ore from four mining pits in the Yangibana Project area. The Project area is located approximately 270 kilometres east-north-east of Carnarvon in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne. The proposal includes mining above and below the ground water table, on-site processing of ore and associated infrastructure. Transport of the product via road to Geraldton port for export is currently proposed. The proposal would include clearing of up to 1,000... Read more...

Carlton Plain - Stage 1

Last updated: September 1, 2021

Kimberley Agricultural Investment (KAI) Pty Ltd proposes to develop 3086 hectares of land for the purposes of perennial and annual cropping, including grains, cotton and horticulture (which may include citrus and/or mango trees or other tree crops). The proposal is located between House Roof Hill and the Ord River, approximately 40 kilometres north-west of Kununurra, in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley. Carlton Plains Stage 1 forms the initial component of the staged development of four... Read more...

Sino Iron Mine Continuation Proposal

Last updated: September 1, 2021

The proposal is an expansion of the existing Sino Iron Project approved under Ministerial Statement 635 (as amended). The proposal is required to accommodate continuation of mine operations associated with the existing two billion tonnes mining rights afforded to Sino Iron and Korean Steel in accordance with existing commercial agreements. It includes the expansion of the mine pit, waste dumps and Tailings Storage Facilities. The proposed mine pit expansion will increase in depth from 220 m to... 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...

Boonanarring Mineral Sands Mine

Last updated: June 24, 2021

Open cut dry mining of mineral sands and the processing of mined material through primary and secondary concentration plants and dry minerals separation. It includes the construction and operation of associated infrastructure and a modification to the intersection of Brand Hwy with Wannamal Road West. Read more...

Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: May 17, 2021

Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd is proposing to develop and operate a mineral sands deposit approximately 11 kilometres southeast of Busselton. The proposal includes the development of mine pits and associated infrastructure, wet concentration processing plant, solar evaporation ponds, groundwater abstraction and water management infrastructure and process water pond. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 453.34 hectares within a development envelope of 924.8 hectares. The majority of... Read more...

West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G

Last updated: April 16, 2021

Robe River Mining Co. proposes to develop the West Angelas C, D and G iron ore deposits to sustain production at the existing West Angelas iron ore operations. The proposal is located approximately 130 km northwest of Newman.   Mining of the C, D and G iron ore deposits will involve the additional clearing of up to 4,310 ha of native vegetation within a mine development envelope of 26,400 ha. Mine dewatering will be required to accommodate below water table mining, requiring an additional  ... Read more...

Subdivision of Lot 102 Farrall Road, Midvale

Last updated: February 1, 2021

Peet Stratton Pty Ltd propose to develop the Lot 102 for urban uses as part of the wider Movida residential development. The proposal area is 8.6 hectares (ha) of which approximately 6ha is proposed for development.  2.65ha of native vegetation is proposed to be retained for conservation purposes. Read more...

Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project

Last updated: January 22, 2021

Tronox Management Pty Limited proposes to develop the Cooljarloo West Titanium Minerals Project, 30 kilometres west from Cervantes, Shire of Dandaragan. The proposal involves the dredge mining of three orebodies: Woolka, Harrier and Kestrel. The proposal will require movement of the mining dredge and ore processing plant (concentrator) from the existing Cooljarloo Mine to Cooljarloo West and back again via flotation across an open channel. Read more...

Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine

Last updated: October 2, 2020

The proposal involves the development and operation of the Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine (HD4), located in the Pilbara region in the shire of East Pilbara. It includes the development and operation of an above and below the water table greenfields iron ore mine and associated infrastructure. Ore from the HD4 proposal would be transported via a new railway to existing rail infrastructure near the existing Hope Downs 1 Iron Ore Mine then to port facilities on the coast. The mine would operate... Read more...

Mt Keith Satellite Project

Last updated: September 16, 2020

BHP Billiton Nickel West (BHPB) proposes to develop the Mt Keith Satellite Project (the proposal), to the existing Mount Keith Mining Operations. The proposal is located approximately 80 km north of Leinster in the Shire of Leonora. The proposal includes clearing of up to 842 hectares of native vegetation (which is also fauna habitat) for two open pits, a Waste Rock Landform and a transport corridor, with minor ancillary infrastructure to support the mining process. Read more...

Telfer Project, Expansion of Telfer Gold Mine, Great Sandy Desert

Last updated: September 16, 2020

This proposal involves the recommencement and expansion of mining at the Telfer Gold Mine to include the mining and processing of 400 million tonnes of gold ore at a rate of up to 23 million tonnes per annum, and the transport of copper concentrate to Port Hedland by road. Key components of the expansion include: expansion of existing underground mining areas and deepening of the existing open pits; extensions to the existing southern waste rock dump and several other dumps; construction of a... Read more...

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