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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...Last updated: June 9, 2021
VBX Limited propose to develop a bauxite mine located approximately 15 km west of the town of Kalumburu in the Kimberley. The proposal involves the mining of bauxite in the Kimberley and the use of a conveyor to transport processed ore to a barge-loading facility in Napier Broome Sound, and then trans-shipping of ore. Read more...Last updated: April 28, 2021
Salt Lake Potash Limited propose to abstract Sulphate of Potash (SOP) rich brines to produce up to 260 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of SOP product. The proposal is located in and around Lake Way, approximately 25 kilometres south of Wiluna. The activities and infrastructure proposed includes evaporation ponds, brine abstraction trenches, paleochannel brine production bores, permanent brine pumps/pipework, access and infrastructure corridors and excess salt disposal areas. The proposal will cover... Read more...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...Last updated: February 3, 2021
Main Roads WA is proposing to conduct works to upgrade approximately 1.5 kilometre (km) of High Street in the City of Fremantle, Western Australia. The upgrade from Stirling Highway to Carrington Street to a four lane dual carriageway is aimed at improving road safety. The works would require a total disturbance of approximately 20.1 hectares (ha), including 1.8 ha of the Fremantle Public Golf Course, Royal Fremantle Golf Club (Class A reserve) and 0.1 ha of the Fremantle Environmental Resource... Read more...Last updated: January 7, 2021
Alcoa of Australia have requested changes to conditions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Ministerial Statement 728 and 1069 in order to facilitate an increase in production to 3.3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). 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: November 30, 2020
Austral Bricks is proposing the redevelopment of the Cardup Brickworks, which includes the expansion of the existing factory, increasing the design capacity from 200,000 to 250,000 tonnes per annum. The site is located in the southern extremity of Byford. Additional ancillary improvements include the installation of a new baghouse scrubber and a new primary crusher located in the floor of the pit. The proposal would include: Expanding the capacity from 200,000 to 250,000 tonnes per annum; New... Read more...Last updated: July 23, 2020
Changes to Condition 3 in order to extend the Time Limit of Authorisation for commencement of the proposal. Read more...Last updated: June 18, 2020
Inquiry under s46 into changing the conditions (extension of time limit for proposal implementation) of Ministerial Statements 469, 774, 815 and 927. Read more...Last updated: May 18, 2020
Changes to condition 2 (Proponent Commitments), condition 4 (Compliance Audit and Performance Review), condition 5 (Decommissioning Plan), condition 6, (Review of Options for the Transport of Solid Sodium Cyanide), condition 7 (Transport of Solid Sodium Cyanide), condition 8 (Transport of Liquid Sodium Cyanide), condition 9 (Noise Management), condition 10 (Emissions Verification) and condition 11 (Cyanide Monitoring). Read more...Last updated: April 6, 2020
Hamersley Iron Pty Limited propose to expand its existing Brockman 4 Syncline Iron Ore Mine. The expansion would include further clearing of up to 4,800 hectares and expand its current development envelope by 2,567 hectares. Additional dewatering would also take place resulting in dewater discharge extending further along Boolgeeda Creek by nine kilometres. Read more...Last updated: February 10, 2020
GrainCorp Liquid Terminals Australia Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate a bulk liquids terminal at Lot 108 Kwinana Beach Road, Kwinana Beach within the Kwinana Strategic Industrial Area. The proposal would involve disturbance of approximately 2.7 hectares and site activities include the transfer and storage of bulk liquids including urea ammonium nitrate liquid fertiliser solution, tallow, vegetable and used cooking oils, industrial solvent, and caustic soda 33%. Read more...Last updated: September 18, 2019
Inquire into and report on the matter of changing implementation condition 5-1: Air Quality in Ministerial Statement 870 for the above proposal to protect rock art. Read more...Last updated: July 8, 2019
The proposal involves the construction and commissioning of a new tailings storage cell (Cell 12A) for the storage of lithium processing tailings at the Banksia Road Waste Management Facility (Banksia Road WMF) located at Lot 2 on Plan 65861, Crooked Brook in Western Australia (WA). It is proposed that Cell 12A will have the capacity to contain approximately 522,000 tonnes of tailings. Read more...Last updated: May 23, 2019
Inquiry under s46 into the request for a number of substantial changes to the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project, located approximately 35 km east of Ravensthorpe, the subject of Ministerial Statement 509 . In summary, the proposed changes include: mining of additional ore reserves contained within the Shoemaker-Levy and Hale-Bopp deposits and a resulting increase in clearing within the Bandalup Corridor; changes to the processing of ore and the final product: a) deletion of nickel electrowinning,... Read more...Last updated: March 26, 2019
The proposal is to upgrade the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) extraction plant at Kwinana. The proposed upgrade will coincide with a reduction in the concentration of LPG available in natural gas from the North West Shelf and enable the proponent to maintain existing levels of production of LPG. Read more...Last updated: February 25, 2019
New Energy Corporation Pty Ltd propose to revise the Waste to Energy technology for their approved Waste to Energy and Materials Recovery Facility on Lot 1 Office Road, 3 kilometres north-east of Rockingham in the Rockingham Industrial Zone (Shire of Rockingham). Read more...Last updated: December 3, 2018
Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Limited proposes to construct and operate a methanol plant with a production capacity of approximately 5,000 tonnes per day ( tpd ) on Site E within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) on the Burrup Peninsula. The proposal is adjacent to the Murujuga National Park. The proposal would result in the disturbance of approximately 75 hectares within Site E. Read more...Last updated: July 16, 2018
The proposal is to construct and operate a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area, Port Hedland. The proposed facility would accept various wastes, recover materials that can be economically recycled via the MRF and convert suitable remaining waste to electrical power in a WtE plant. Read more...