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Valhalla Gas Exploration and Appraisal Program

Last updated: January 21, 2021

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...

Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

Last updated: January 11, 2021

The Revised Proposal outlines a significant increase in ground disturbance to that previously approved, a revised materials management strategy, a Life of Mine water management strategy including Managed Aquifer Reinjection, a significant increase in dewatering volumes and establishment of permanent surface water diversion structures. Read more...

Yangibana Expansion 1

Last updated: January 10, 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...

Koodaideri Iron Ore Mine and Infrastructure Project

Last updated: January 4, 2021

Hamersley Iron Pty. Limited (a wholly -owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto) proposes the development of a major iron ore mining operation in the central Pilbara region of Western Australia. The development will be centered around its Koodaideri deposits, located 110 kilometres west-north-west of Newman. The Proposal will involve the construction and operation of a greenfields mine and associated infrastructure. Mining will consist of open pits and supporting infrastructure, including a 167 kilometre... Read more...

Western Turner Syncline Iron Ore Project - Revised Proposal

Last updated: January 4, 2021

Hamersley Iron Pty Limited propose to develop above and below water table iron ore deposits and associated infrastructure at Western Turner Syncline. The proposal also includes an infrastructure corridor connecting the mining operation to the existing Tom Price mine ore-processing facilities. Surplus water from mining below water table would be managed by use on site and controlled discharge to the environment. Clearing of up to 750 ha would be required. The proposal is located 20 km west of... Read more...

West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G

Last updated: January 4, 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...

Manuwarra Red Dog Highway – Revised Proposal

Last updated: December 21, 2020

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...

Ammonia Plant, Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula), Renewable Hydrogen Project

Last updated: December 21, 2020

Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd propose to modify the existing Pilbara Fertiliser project to include the development of a Renewable Hydrogen Plant and associated infrastructure. The proposal is located approximately 11 km north-west of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal is adjacent to the National Heritage listed area and the Murujuga National Park. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 24.78 hectares. The proposal will result in reduction of... Read more...

Sino Iron Mine Continuation (S46) [2271]

Last updated: December 14, 2020

Delete conditions 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7 (Marine Wastewater Outfall) relating to the management of the marine wastewater outfall for the desalination plant. Amend condition 8-8 to remove reference to conditions 8-4 and 8-5. Read more...

Miralga Creek DSO Project

Last updated: November 23, 2020

Atlas Iron Pty. Ltd (the proponent) propose to develop the Miralga Creek DSO Project (the proposal), an iron ore project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.  The proposal includes the development of five open pits using conventional drill and blast, load and haul methods.  8 million tonnes of iron ore will be mined above the watertable over an approximate timeframe of four to five years.   Associated infrastructure will include waste rock dumps.  Existing borefield and... Read more...

Asian Renewable Energy Hub Revised Proposal

Last updated: November 9, 2020

NW Interconnected Power Pty Ltd (the Proponent) is seeking to revise its approved proposal to develop the Asian Renewable Energy Hub.  The proposal was previously referred under section 38 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act), assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) at the level of Public Environmental Review (PER) (NW Interconnected Power 2019), and subsequently approved by the Western Australian Minister for Environment in October 2020.   This referral is for ... Read more...

Asian Renewable Energy Hub

Last updated: October 15, 2020

NW Interconnected Power Pty Ltd is seeking to develop the Asian Renewable Energy Hub. The proposal is to construct and operate a large-scale wind and solar hybrid renewable energy project, approximately 220 km east of Port Hedland, WA. The renewable energy will be exported via a subsea power cable to Indonesia and Singapore. Onshore components comprise a series of linear arrays of wind turbines (up to 1,743 turbines) and solar panels distributed across a 644,600 ha development envelope, with a... Read more...

Tropicana Gold Project

Last updated: October 13, 2020

The proposal is the construction and operation of an open cut gold mine and associated infrastructure, located approximately 330 km east-north-east of Kalgoorlie and 200 km east of Laverton. Read more...

Flinders Pilbara Iron Ore Project – Stage 1

Last updated: October 5, 2020

The proposal is to develop and operate an iron ore mine on the Blacksmith tenement located approximately 70 km north-west of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Read more...

Pilbara Iron Ore Project - revised proposal

Last updated: October 5, 2020

Flinders Mines Ltd proposes to revise the already approved Pilbara Iron Ore Project located approximately 70 kilometres north-west of Tom Price in the Hamersley sub-region. The revised proposal includes additional clearing up to 300 hectares (ha) to include the Paragon ore deposit and external infrastructure (including haul roads, airstrip and accommodation camp), as well as an increase in abstraction of groundwater of up to 2 Gigalitre per annum. 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...

Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Project Stage 1

Last updated: September 30, 2020

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. Read more...

Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Stage 2

Last updated: September 30, 2020

Proposal to mine iron ore from the Stage 2 project area on the southern slopes of the Chichester Range and develop a remote borefield and pipeline by Roy Hill Iron Ore Pty Ltd (RHIO). Read more...

North Star Magnetite Project

Last updated: September 22, 2020

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...

Mackay Sulphate of Potash Project

Last updated: September 10, 2020

The Proposal involves the development of a greenfields Sulphate of Potash fertiliser operation which is currently designed to operate for a 20-year period. The Proposal involves the on-lake development of trenches and solar evaporation ponds for brine extraction and Sulphate of Potash production. The off-lake development includes a processing plant, associated site infrastructure and access roads for trucking Sulphate of Potash product to Wyndham Port. A northern linear access corridor will... Read more...

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