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Medcalf Vanadium Project

Last updated: July 4, 2024

Audalia Resources Limited (Audalia) is proposing to construct and operate a vanadium, titanium and iron ore mine approximately 100 kilometres (km) west of Norseman, Western Australia (WA). The Medcalf Project, located in the Bremer Range, Lake Johnston region of Western Australia, approximately 470 km east south-east of Perth. The proposal includes three separate open pits and requires up to 650 ha of native vegetation clearing. Mining will occur above groundwater. The proposal includes the... Read more...

Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Project (S46) [2378]

Last updated: April 29, 2024

Inquire into condition 10 of Ministerial Statement 892 to remove the requirement to constitute the Parker Range Conservation Trust and contemporise the offset requirements for mitigating residual impacts. Read more...

Parker Range (Mt Caudan) Iron Ore Haul Road Proposal

Last updated: April 19, 2023

In order to support the continued growth and optimisation of Mineral Resources Limited (MRL) Yilgarn Operations, the Parker Range Iron Ore Project (PRIOP) is now proposed to be developed as a satellite operation to the Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd Koolyanobbing Project (Koolyanobbing Operations). The Proposal has been referred as a Revised Proposal for the Parker Range (Mount Caudan) Iron Ore Proposal, which is approved under Ministerial Statement 892. The Proposal intends to develop a new private haul... Read more...

Yilgarn Operations - Windarling Range, Mt Jackson Range and Deception Deposit (s. 46)

Last updated: December 22, 2021

The proponent, Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd (Cliffs), owns and operates iron ore mines at the Windarling Range, the Mt Jackson Range and the Deception Deposit (collectively known as the "Yilgarn Operations") within the Shire of Yilgarn and Shire of Menzies. The Yilgarn Operations are authorised under seven Ministerial Statements issued between 2003 and 2012 by the Western Australian Minister for Environment under section 45(5) of the EP Act. These are: Ministerial Statement... Read more...

Koolyanobbing Range F Deposit (s46) [2198]

Last updated: May 6, 2020

Changes to conditions 8 (Stage 1 offsets) and 9 (Access to Stage 2 mining area) to allow full ground disturbance access to the Stage 2 mining area based on progress to date, and condition 10 (Stage 2 offsets) in terms of offsetting significant residual impact. Read more...

Windarling range; Mt Jackson Range and Deception Deposit (S46) [2199]

Last updated: April 1, 2019

Changes to condition 7 (Restricted areas and management of Tetratheco paynteroe ssp. paynterae at the Windarling Range) to allow future ground disturbing access to the restricted 'Area B', and condition 10 (Residual impacts and risk management measures) in terms of revised research and management offset measures for threatened flora species. Read more...

Yilgarn Operations, Koolyanobbing Range F Deposit

Last updated: January 25, 2017

The proponent proposes to extend its existing Yilgarn mining operations to include the Koolyanobbing Range F Deposit (the proposal), located on the southern Koolyanobbing Range, approximately 50 kilometres (km) north-east of the town of Southern Cross. Read more...

Carina Iron Ore Mine

Last updated: September 20, 2016

The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore mine in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. The proposal involves mining of hematite direct shipping ore (DSO) from a single open pit on the Yendilberin Hills, which form part of the Finnerty Range. Read more...

Jackson 4 (J4) Iron Ore Mine and Haul Road on M77/1242, L77/250, L77/252 and L77/25

Last updated: February 20, 2015

The proposal is to develop the Jackson 4 (J4) deposit and construct and operate an iron ore mine and supporting infrastructure, access track and haul road in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, approximately 60 kilometres north-west of Koolyanobbing. Read more...

Carina Iron Ore Mine (s46)

Last updated: December 12, 2013

The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore mine in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. The proposal involves mining of hematite direct shipping ore (DSO) from two open pits on the Yendilberin Hills, which form part of the Finnerty Range. Inquiry into the matter of amending condition 5-2 of Ministerial Statement 852 to remove the clearing requirement for the S2 and W22 vegetation communities. Read more...

Yilgarn Operations - Windarling Range W4 East Deposit

Last updated: November 20, 2013

The proposal is to construct and operate an open cut iron ore mine and haul road at the Windarling Range W4 East Deposit, located approximately 130 kilometres north of Southern Cross. Read more...

Yilgarn Operations Deception Deposit

Last updated: November 5, 2013

The proposal is to construct and operate an open cut iron ore mine, waste rock landform, ore stockpile, haul road and associated infrastructure, 150 kilometres north of Southern Cross. Read more...

Ularring Hematite Project

Last updated: October 24, 2013

The proposal is to develop an iron ore mine and associated infrastructure in the Goldfields region, 450 kilometres (km) east-north-east of Perth. The proposal includes a borefield and adjoining water pipeline 60km west of the mine site and a rail siding 130km east of the mine site and 8km south of Menzies. Read more...

Windarling Range W3/5 Deposit Deepening

Last updated: August 29, 2012

The proposal is situated on Mining Leases M77/999 and M77/1000, approximately 130 kilometres north of Southern Cross in the Shire of Yilgarn. The proposal is to mine iron ore by open cut mining below the groundwater table in the portion of the W3/5 Deposit at Windarling Range. The depth of the open-cut mine will increase from nominally 400 metres Australian Height Datum (AHD) to nominally 315 metres AHD. Read more...

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