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Last updated: March 13, 2023
Mt Weld Mining Pty Ltd proposes to expand the Mt Weld Mine, which includes the construction and operation of a rare earths mine and processing plant, to its life of mine extent. The expansion proposes to increase the development envelope from the currently approved 505 hectares (ha) to 2,802 ha, to allow for expansion of infrastructure and activities, including: a staged transition from diesel fuelled power generation to gas hybrid renewable (including solar and battery energy storage, and... Read more...Last updated: February 9, 2023
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...Last updated: January 23, 2023
Image Resources NL proposes to develop a mineral sands extraction project south of Orange Springs Road, Cowalla (Shire of Gingin). The proposal includes progressive and linear dredge mining of the sand resource operating over a 10-year period and the development of temporary waste dumps and tailings storage, processing facilities, solar drying ponds, water supply infrastructure and associated supporting infrastructure. The proposed mine disturbance area is approximately 950 hectares (ha) within... Read more...Last updated: July 8, 2022
Theia Energy No.1 Pty Ltd (the Proponent) proposes to drill two exploration wells (one vertical and one horizontal) and undertake hydraulic fracture stimulation of the horizontal well within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP493 located in the Canning Basin, 155km South-east of Broome. The Proposal involves an extension of the existing well site and camp site, drilling of two exploration wells (Theia-2V and Theia-3H), hydraulic fracture stimulation (HFS) and flow-test of Theia-3H. The Proposal... Read more...Last updated: May 16, 2022
Iluka proposes to develop the Tutunup Mineral Sands Project, located approximately 195 km south of Perth, and 17 km east of Busselton. The proposal involves mineral sands mining, including the development of mine pits, processing plant, dams for water and clay fines management, material stockpiles and associated supporting infrastructure. Up to 4.02 gigalitres of water would be required to support the proposal. Heay mineral concentrate would be transported for further processing at the Capel... Read more...Last updated: May 6, 2022
Bennett Resources is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley. The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby. The proposal comprises the construction of up to twenty wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes. The proposal is... Read more...Last updated: February 2, 2022
Image Resources NL is seeking to develop a greenfields mineral sands project, located at Nambung, approximately 18 km east of Cervantes in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia (WA). The proposal includes the progressive development of mine pits, processing facilities, groundwater bores and water management infrastructure, temporary waste dumps, solar drying ponds and associated infrastructure (power supply, communications, workshop, laydown, offices etc.). Two alternative mining methods... Read more...Last updated: February 1, 2022
Lynas Kalgoorlie Pty Ltd (Lynas) propose to construct and operate a new Rare Earths Processing Facility at Lot 500 Great Eastern Highway, Yilkari and a By-product storage facility on Common Reserve 8767, Yarri Road, Parkerston in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The Rare Earths Processing Facility will process rare earth concentrate from the Mt Weld mine to produce a rare earth carbonate for export. Read more...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...Last updated: September 14, 2021
Hastings Technology Metals Ltd propose to expand the existing approved Yangibana Rare Earths Project, a Rare Earth Elements mine which includes on site processing and associated infrastructure. The expansion involves mining from two additional pits (Yangibana and Auer) and one larger amalgamated pit (Bald Hill-Simon’s Find-Fraser’s). The proposal is located approximately 270 kilometres east-north-east of Carnarvon in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne. The proposal would include total disturbance of... Read more...Last updated: December 2, 2020
Bennett Resources is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley. The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby. The proposal comprises the construction of up to six wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes. The proposal is... Read more...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...Last updated: November 24, 2017
Section 46 Change to Conditions withdrawn 24 November 2017. Read more...Last updated: January 16, 2017
The proposal is to mine uranium ore from the Yeelirrie deposit, approximately 70 km south-west of Wiluna, and the construction of associated mine infrastructure, including ore processing facilities, water (includes borefield and corridors) abstraction and reinjection infrastructure, roads, accommodation, offices and workshops, stockpile and laydown areas and evaporation pond. Tailings would be discharged into the mine open pit. Read more...Last updated: November 17, 2016
The proposal is to construct and operate a uranium mine consisting of two deposits Centipede and Lake Way at mining tenements M53/224 and MLA53/1090, located approximately 30 kilometres south and 15 kilometres south-east of Wiluna. 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: October 31, 2006
The proposal involves the construction and operation of an approximately 2.8 million tonnes per annum mineral sands mine and concentrator plant on part Swan Location 128, 354 & 508, Lot 2; part Swan Location 128 & 340, Lot 3; part Swan Location 128, 354, 355, 506, Lot 9; Swan Location 506; portion of each of Swan Locations 354 & 508, Lot 1 and part Swan Location 511 & 536, Lot 7, near the intersection of Brand Highway and Dewar Road, approximately 2.5 kilometres north-west of... Read more...Last updated: September 5, 1996
The proposal is to build and operate a rare earth plant on a site 4 km south of Alcoa Alumina Refinery and adjacent to the existing Rhone-Poulenc Gallium Plant at Pinjarra, approximately 100km south of Perth and 30 km south-east of Mandurah. The plant will produce 15,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of solid rare earth nitrate concentrate. Read more...Last updated: April 9, 1996
The proponent, Tiwest Joint Venture (Tiwest), seeks an amendment to the environmental conditions of Ministerial Statement 59 under Section 46 of the, Environmental Protection Act 1986, , to allow the synthetic rutile plant at Chandala an increase in nameplate production from 130,000 to 200,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of synthetic rutile. The plant was originally assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in December 1988 and was approved by the Minister for the Environment to build... Read more...