This "Search Proposal" function provides all assessment documentation associated with a specific proposal, from referral through to Ministerial Statement, where relevant. Information on a specific proposal not available through this search function can be obtained by contacting DWER, EPA services: info.epa@dwer.wa.gov.au
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Last updated: September 14, 2021
The Warrawoona Gold Project, located approximately 20km south of Marble Bar, will abstract ore from an open pit and underground mine at the Klondyke deposit as well as a cutback of the existing Copenhagen pit. Ore will be processes at around 2Mtpa at Klondyke. The project will produce gold bar and gold concentrate and is expected to operate for approximately six years. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 398 hectares. Read more...Last updated: September 14, 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...Last updated: September 13, 2021
Alinta Energy (subsidiary of Alinta DEWAP Pty Ltd) currently owns and operates the existing Port Hedland Power Station (PHPS) located within the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area approximately 12 km south of the Port Hedland town centre and approximately 5 km west of South Hedland, ., The Proposal utilises new technologies providing more energy efficient and reliable power to customers in the Port Hedland area. This will include the installation of a 60 Megawatts (MW) natural gas fuelled... Read more...Last updated: September 1, 2021
The proposal is an expansion of the existing Sino Iron Project approved under Ministerial Statement 635 (as amended). The proposal is required to accommodate continuation of mine operations associated with the existing two billion tonnes mining rights afforded to Sino Iron and Korean Steel in accordance with existing commercial agreements. It includes the expansion of the mine pit, waste dumps and Tailings Storage Facilities. The proposed mine pit expansion will increase in depth from 220 m to... Read more...Last updated: September 1, 2021
The proposal is for the construction and operation of a gas processing plant, onshore supply gas pipeline, onshore sales gas pipeline, and horizontal directionally drilled shore crossing. Read more...Last updated: August 9, 2021
Leichhardt Industrials Pty Ltd (Leichhardt) is seeking to develop a salt production and export operation in the Cape Preston East area, approximately 55 kilometres (km) westsouth-west of Karratha in Western Australia (WA). The proposal will utilise seawater and evaporation to produce concentrated salt products for export. The proposal includes the development of a series of concentrator and crystalliser ponds, processing plant, product pipeline and offshore export facility (offshore pylon wharf... Read more...Last updated: June 10, 2021
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...Last updated: May 31, 2021
The Water Corporation propose to construct a seawater desalination plant to supply potable water to the town of Onslow, WA. Seawater intake and brine wastewater release will occur in Beadon Bay, approximately 1 km seaward from the shoreline. The desalination processing facility is to be located at Lot 551, 552 and/or 553 Beadon Creek Road, Onslow. The proposal will involve the installation of permanent subtidal infrastructure in Beadon Bay (intake head, brine diffusers and transport pipes), a... 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 1, 2021
PEG proposes to construct and operate 14 new gas-fired reciprocating engines with a combined maximum installed capacity of 165 MW. It is expected the average annual throughput of the facility will be approximately 150 MW. The 165 MW power station is expected to result in 609,696 tCO2-e. The proposed PEG power station is located next to the existing Solomon power station and replaces the need for 221 MW power at Iron Bridge, which would have resulted in 1,196,423 tCO2-e. FMG have submitted a... Read more...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...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 accommodation... Read more...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...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...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...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...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...Last updated: September 16, 2020
This proposal involves the recommencement and expansion of mining at the Telfer Gold Mine to include the mining and processing of 400 million tonnes of gold ore at a rate of up to 23 million tonnes per annum, and the transport of copper concentrate to Port Hedland by road. Key components of the expansion include: expansion of existing underground mining areas and deepening of the existing open pits; extensions to the existing southern waste rock dump and several other dumps; construction of a... Read more...Last updated: August 12, 2020
The proposal is for dredging of not more than 3,500,000 cubic metres off Anderson Point, for a third ship berth; disposal of dredge spoil on preexisting and previously approved land at Anderson Point; and extension of the approved open-pile wharf. Read more...Last updated: August 6, 2020
Change to Extension of Timeframe for substantial commencement. Read more...