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Last updated: October 22, 1996
The proposal is to develop the Bulong Nickel Cobalt Laterite Project. The proposed nickel/cobalt ore mining and processing operation is located approximately 30km east of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia. The project involves the establishment of open cut mine pits, a processing plant and associated infrastructure. The project will produce refined products of nickel and cobalt. Read more...Last updated: June 6, 1996
The proposed nickel/cobalt ore mining and processing operation is located near the former gold mining centre of Murrin Murrin, approximately 60km east of Leonora, in Western Australia. The project involves the establishment of open cut mine pits, a processing plant and associated infrastructure. The project will produce refined products of nickel and cobalt as well as an ammonium sulphate by-product. Read more...Last updated: May 8, 1996
The proposal is to develop an upgraded tailings storage facility (TSF) at the Mt Keith nickel mine, located approximately 100 kilometres north of Leinster in the north-eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia Mining. Processing of nickel ore commenced at Mt Keith in 1994. To date, two conventional paddock storage type tailings cells have been used to store tailings, and the proponent has approval to construct an additional two cells. In 1990, a feasibility study into centralised thickened... Read more...Last updated: July 20, 1995
Inquiry under s46 regarding the proposed modification of one condition of Ministerial Statement 117 as amended by Ministerial Statement 142 and Ministerial Statement 302 , to allow an extension of time. Since initial approval, substantial commencement of the project has not occurred mainly due to falling nickel prices. Read more...Last updated: February 2, 1993
This inquiry under s46 is in regard to a proposal for further modifications to the Yakabindie Nickel Project (currently approved under Ministerial Statement 142 ) to incorporate a new open pit and associated waste dump area, and an expansion of the Six Mile pit. The new open pit is known as the Goliath North pit and is located to the south-east of the Six Mile pit. The Six Mile pit is to be expanded which would increase its ore reserves by about 10%. The combined increase in ore reserves from... Read more...Last updated: May 31, 1991
In 1969, Western Mining Corporation Limited constructed a tailings pond in Baldivis, 7 km from the Company's Kwinana Nickel Refinery, to store solid and liquid wastes from the refinery. In March 1979, it was discovered that the tailings pond was leaking ammonium sulphate solution to the groundwater resulting in contamination of the bottom third of the groundwater body (aquifer). Currently, the proponent is recovering contaminated groundwater to manage the spread of the plume. However, at... Read more...Last updated: December 13, 1990
Dominion Mining Limited submitted a Consultative Environmental Review for the Yakabindie Nickle Project to the Environmental Protection Authority in April 1990 (EPA Bulletin 444). Following assessement of the CER by the EPA, the Minister for the Environment issued a statement "that the proposal may be implemented" on the 29th November 1990 ( Ministerial Statement 117 ). Further studies carried out by the proponent on the location of facilities at the site have resulted in... Read more...Last updated: December 4, 1990
The proposed Yakabindie minesite is located within the lease area of the Yakabindie Pastoral Station approximately 5 kilometres east of the main Leinster to Wiluna road. An open cut mine is proposed to be developed at the site to produce approximately 6 million tonnes of low grade nickel sulphide ore per annum and 25 million tonnes of waste rock per annum. Mining will be carried out using conventional large-capacity diesel powered earthmoving equipment such as excavators, haul trucks and... Read more...