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Last updated: March 7, 2025
Chichester Metals Pty Ltd is proposing to construct and operate an iron ore mine approximately 55 km north-west of Newman, and 30 km south of Fortescue’s existing Nyidinghu project in the Pilbara region. The proposal would require a disturbance footprint of 12,487 ha and is located within a 42,331 ha mine development envelope. The proposal is located within the Nyiyaparli and Nyiyaparli #3 Native Title determination area (WCD 2018/008) The proposal includes both above and below water table open... Read more...Last updated: February 3, 2025
The proposal is for the construction and operation of a recreational jetty at Beadon Point, Onslow, Western Australia. The Proposal will provide a pedestrian jetty alongside the ruins of the historic Onslow Jetty for tourism and fishing. The jetty will not be designed to accommodate vehicles or vessels and will be for pedestrians only. Some land clearing will be required to allow an access track and a boardwalk access path to the jetty. Read more...Last updated: January 24, 2025
The Ridley Magnetite Project (the Proposal) is located approximately 57 km east of Port Hedland. The Proposal is located within a 19,102 ha Development Envelope (DE) with an indicative disturbance footprint (IF) of 8,484 ha. The Proposal is for the mining and processing of iron ore to produce up to 16.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of magnetite concentrate. The Proposal includes a single pit (below water table), run-of-mine pad, concentrate stockpiles, laydown areas, waste dumps,... Read more...Last updated: January 22, 2025
Port Hedland Iron Pty Ltd (formerly Port Hedland Green Steel) proposes to develop a large-scale downstream iron ore processing facility known as the Port Hedland Green Steel Project – Stage 1. The proposal is located in the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area (BSIA) approximately 10 km south-west of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region. The proposal will consist of a pellet plant and a hot briquette iron (HBI) plant, consuming approximately 3 - 3.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of iron ore. Most... Read more...Last updated: January 21, 2025
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd intends to construct and operate a urea plant with a production capacity of approximately 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) on Sites C and F within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) on the Burrup Peninsula. Both sites are located adjacent to the Murujuga National Park. The EPA considered the Study of the Cumulative Impacts of Air Emissions in the Murujuga Airshed in its assessment of the Perdaman Urea Project. Read more...Last updated: January 6, 2025
The Orebody 29/30/35 Significant Amendment proposal is approximately 7 kilometres west-south-west of Newman in the Pilbara region next to existing Mt Whaleback mining operations. BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd proposes to continue and expand existing iron ore mining operations approved under Ministerial Statement 963: Orebody 29/30/35 Mining Below Watertable, published 18 March 2014. The proposal includes the expansion of operations at Orebody 29 and 30 (above and below the water table), the addition of... Read more...Last updated: December 18, 2024
Reward Minerals propose to develop the Lake Disappointment Potash Project (located approximately 320 km east of Newman). The proposal is to abstract brine from sediments and use solar evaporation ponds on the surface of the lake to create the potash product. The proposal would disturb 7,250 ha of land which includes 437 ha of vegetation, with the remainder of disturbance to the surface of Lake Disappointment. Read more...Last updated: December 10, 2024
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...Last updated: December 5, 2024
Newcrest Operations Limited proposes to construct and operate the Telfer – Havieron Gold Mining Project (the Project). The Telfer Gold Mine is located about 55 km to the west of the Havieron Gold Mine and 400 km south-east of Port Hedland in the Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. The project includes: The open pit and underground mining and subsequent processing of gold-copper ore at the Telfer Gold with associated infrastructure including a 160 MW natural gas-fired power station,... Read more...Last updated: December 2, 2024
Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd the proponent) propose to develop the Woodie Continued Operations Project. The proposal is an expansion of the existing Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine operations (Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Minerals Pty Ltd) which is not subject to a Ministerial Statement issued under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act). The proposal is located approximately 100 km east of Marble Bar and Nullagine and 400 km south east... Read more...Last updated: November 29, 2024
The proponent, BHP Iron Ore Pty, proposes to increase power generation capacity at the existing Yarnima Power Station, approximately 2 kilometres north-west of Newman in the Pilbara. The proposal comprises an increase in installed firm power generation capacity from 154 megawatts up to 239 megawatts via installation of gas reciprocating engines and associated infrastructure. The gas reciprocating engines are proposed to be installed in stages up to a maximum of 120 megawatts (nominal).... Read more...Last updated: November 27, 2024
The Brockman Syncline proposal is located approximately 60 km west-north west of Tom Price, in the central Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal includes up to 9,977 ha of native vegetation clearing to support the development of new and above and below water table mining areas in order to sustain mining at three existing operations; Nammuldi-Silvergrass Brockman 2 Brockman 4 The proposal includes, but is not limited to the following: Dewatering and surplus water management,... Read more...Last updated: November 27, 2024
Hamersley HMS Pty Limited (the proponent) proposes to develop two new above water table (AWT) iron ore mine pits at the Hope Downs 2 proposal, located approximately 80 km north-west of the township of Newman in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. The proposal includes a conceptual footprint of approximately 4,700 hectares (ha) to support the development, operation and closure of two new AWT iron ore deposits within a proposed Development Envelope of approximately 14,085 ha. The key... Read more...Last updated: November 25, 2024
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