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Last updated: July 9, 2020
Robe River Mining Co. Pty Limited (the proponent) proposes to develop the Mesa H deposit to sustain its iron ore production operations within the Robe Valley, Pilbara. The proposal is located approximately 16 km south west of Pannawonica. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 2,200 hectares to develop above and below water table open cut iron ore pits and associated infrastructure, including water management infrastructure. The proposal is located adjacent to the existing Mesa J... Read more...Last updated: May 29, 2020
Section 46 - request for a change to Environmental Conditions: Inquire into the commencement of Condition 26 (Reservoir Carbon Dioxide Injection System) of Ministerial Statement 800. Read more...Last updated: May 27, 2020
Changes to conditions 3-1 and 3-2, time limit of authorisation of Ministerial Statement 985 in order to extend the Time Limit of Authorisation. Read more...Last updated: May 20, 2020
Venturex Resources Limited propose to develop the Sulphur Springs Zinc-Copper Project located approximately 144 kilometres (km) south-east of Port Hedland and 57 km west of Marble Bar. The project includes an open pit mine to extract the upper portion of the orebody and an underground mine to extract the lower portion of the orebody. The project has a disturbance footprint of 313.6 hectares (ha) within an 889.2 ha development envelope and consists of the following physical and operational... Read more...Last updated: May 18, 2020
Change to condition 3 - Time limit for Proposal Implementation. Extension of time limit of 5 years to 15 June 2025, allowing time for project financing. Read more...Last updated: April 28, 2020
To develop and operate an iron ore mine, processing facilities and supporting infrastructure, 45 km south-south-east of Pannawonica in the Shire of Ashburton, and a 176 km haul road from the mine site to the customer delivery point near Cape Preston. Read more...Last updated: April 20, 2020
The Department of Transport is proposing to construct and operate the Port Hedland Spoilbank Marina Proposal, including marine and land-based components within the Town of Port Hedland, Pilbara, WA. The Proposal includes: marina basin, mooring facilities (up to 80 pens), boat launching area, sand trap and entrance channel capital dredging works resulting in up to 900,000 cubic metres (m3) of dredge spoil and dredged to a maximum depth of -2m chart datum (-6m AHD). Dredge spoil will be used... 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: March 17, 2020
Changes to conditions 3-1 and 3-2 in order to extend the Time Limit for Proposal Implementation. Read more...Last updated: March 17, 2020
The Jimblebar Optimisation Project is a revision of the existing Jimblebar Iron Ore Mine approved under Ministerial Statements 683, 809 and 857. The Revised Proposal is for mining operations at Jimblebar, located approximately 40 km east of the town of Newman. Mining of iron ore deposits will be undertaken above and below the water table. Mining operations will include open pits, overburden storage areas and the construction and operation of associated mine, processing and rail infrastructure.... Read more...Last updated: March 12, 2020
Atlas Iron Pty. Ltd (the proponent) propose to develop the Corunna Downs 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. 23.3 million tonnes of iron ore will be mined above the watertable over an approximate timeframe of 6 years. Associated infrastructure will include waste rock dumps, a mine operation centre, borefield and... Read more...Last updated: January 20, 2020
The Minister for Environment has requested that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) inquire into and report on the matter of changing the implementation conditions in Ministerial Statement 945 relating to Forge Resources Swan Pty Ltd’s Balla Balla Export Facilities proposal. Read more...Last updated: November 26, 2019
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has referred the Greater Enfield Tieback Project – Exmouth Gulf Shipping Operations on behalf of Woodside Energy Ltd (the proponent) for environmental impact assessment under section 38 of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. CCWA are concerned about the likely environmental impacts as a result of these operations in the Gulf. Public comment on the referral are welcome and will be considered by the EPA., Referral, The Greater Enfield Tieback Project... Read more...Last updated: November 26, 2019
The Proposal is located within the Pilbara Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) region and is located within the Fortescue and Hamersley IBRA subregions. The Approved Project (authorised by Ministerial Statement 933 , 1 February 2013) is an above the water table open cut mine and associated infrastructure, located on mining tenement M470/1439. This proposal is to mine below the water table. Read more...Last updated: November 21, 2019
The Proposal is to construct and operate the Pluto to Northwest Shelf Interconnector, a 3.3 km long, steel buried natural gas pipeline, connecting the Pluto Interconnector Compressor Station to the Karratha Gas Plant which is operated by Woodside on behalf of the North West Shelf Project participants, located on the Burrup Peninsula in the North of Western Australia. The proposal will require the clearing of an estimated 10.69 ha.3.26 ha within the Karratha Gas Plant Lease and Buffer Zone Lease... 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: September 16, 2019
The proposal is to develop the Griffin oilfield which is located 68km offshore from Onslow. The oilfield will be developed using a floating production, storage and offloading facility and both oil and gas will be produced. The gas will be recovered and transported to the mainland via a submarine and onshore pipeline to a gas treatment plant and then on to the Dampier-Perth gas pipeline. This assessment comprises the portion of the offshore pipeline in State waters, bringing gas onshore to the... Read more...Last updated: August 14, 2019
Fortescue Metals Group Limited proposes to build a 120 km railway linking their existing Solomon Mine with their proposed Eliwana Iron Ore Mine, located 90 km west-northwest of Tom Price (Shire of Ashburton). The eastern section of the proposed Eliwana Railway Project development envelope is adjacent to Karijini National Park. Proposed Infrastructure within the Rail Development Envelope includes: Railway and associated embankment; Rail loop; Crossing/passing loops; Railway overpass; Train... Read more...