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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: November 25, 2024
The Proposal is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia within a development envelope of 20,821 ha and clearing no more than 1,564 ha. Onslow Infraco Pty Ltd (herein MRL a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Resources Limited) is proposing to develop: • A fully sealed private haul road, approximately 125km in length • Gas pipeline and ancillary haul road infrastructure. • Storage and bulk handling of ore at the Port of Ashburton. • Dredging a dedicated berthing pocket adjacent to the... Read more...Last updated: August 12, 2024
The proposal is to develop and operate a general cargo facility within the Port Hedland inner harbour, within the Town of Port Hedland. This proposal has been superseded by the Lumsden Point General Cargo Facility Read more...Last updated: February 19, 2024
The requested change relates to condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 1056 (as relevant to Ministerial Statement 891) for an extension to the Time Limit for Proposal Implementation for the proposal approved under MS 891. With the agreement of the proponent, the Environmental Protection Authority will take no further action in relation to the s.46 inquiry into the proposed changes to condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 1056 (as relevant to Ministerial Statement 891) Read more...Last updated: July 31, 2023
The proposal will provide additional port facilities at Port Hedland to receive and stockpile the product from emerging miners, specifically the various mines owned by the proponent’s shareholders, and load this product onto ships for export. Each of the shareholders is exploring and developing new iron ore projects in the Pilbara, with one company actively mining ore and exporting through the existing facilities in the Port of Port Hedland. The current shareholders of the proponent are Atlas... Read more...Last updated: July 31, 2023
The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 in response to a request to change condition 3 - Time Limit for Proposal Implementation of Ministerial Statement 891 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...Last updated: July 31, 2023
The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...Last updated: July 31, 2023
The proposal is to construct and operate port infrastructure which includes a stockyard facility, rail loop, conveyor, wharf and ship-loading facility at Port Hedland. Inquiry under s46 regarding amending the conditions of Ministerial Statement 858 . This proposal has been superseded by the Roy Hill Port Expansion Project . Read more...Last updated: July 1, 2022
The proposal is to construct and operate an iron ore export facility at Balla Balla midway between Port Hedland and Karratha, northwest of Whim Creek in the Pilbara region of WA. Read more...Last updated: January 25, 2022
Dredging of approximately 3,900,000 cubic metres of material for two new berth pockets and extensions to the existing departure channel and swing basin at Harriet Point and Stanley Point; disposal of dredged material at dredged material management areas. 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: 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: May 15, 2019
Subsea 7 proposes to construct and operate an onshore pipeline fabrication facility at Lots 233 and 1586 to the east of Minilya-Exmouth Road, Learmonth, approximately 35km south of the Exmouth Townsite. A pipeline bundle co-locates a number of services within a single pipeline for use in the development of offshore gas fields. The proposal consists of an onshore pipeline bundle fabrication site and associated infrastructure, two bundle tracks (approximately 10km in length) along which the... Read more...Last updated: March 6, 2019
Onslow Marine Support Base Pty Ltd is proposing to modify and extend the Beadon Creek harbour approach channel, turning basin and berth pocket as part of Stage 2 of the Onslow Marine Support Base (OMSB) proposal. The proposed capital dredging will enable offshore supply vessels to access the newly constructed OMSB land-backed wharf facility (Stage 1) within the Beadon Creek Maritime Facility. 930,000 cubic metres of dredge material will be disposed of onshore to a 44 hectare Dredge material... Read more...Last updated: May 14, 2018
Section 46 extension to the Time Limit for Authorisation for substantial commencement. Read more...Last updated: April 16, 2018
Johns Creek Boat Harbour is a small facility located at Point Samson, 40 km east of Karratha. Dredging of the Boat Harbour and Entrance Channel is required to restore navigable depths, and is planned for autumn 2018. Maintenance dredging is proposed to occur within the Boat Harbour and Entrance Channel, with disposal to a sandbank about 1 km south of the Boat Harbour (Western Disposal area). Read more...Last updated: November 29, 2016
The proponent, Iron Bridge Operations Pty Ltd (a Joint Venture between FMG Iron Bridge Pty Ltd and Formosa Steel IB Pty Ltd), proposes to construct and operate new infrastructure within the existing Herb Elliot Port Facility, Fortescue Metals Group, Port Hedland. The proposal, Iron Bridge Port Facility, is designed to accept 10 Mtpa of magnetite concentrate slurry from the North Star Magnetite Project, whereupon the slurry would be dewatered and the concentrate product stored within a shed that... Read more...Last updated: February 6, 2014
The proposal has the following main components: a 345 km railway line from Port Hedland to proposed mining operations at Mindy Mindy. This railway will be constructed in two parts: Part 1 from Port Hedland to the Chichester Ranges and Part 2 from the Chichester Ranges to Mindy Mindy; construction of port facilities consisting of rail loop, car dumper, stockyard and ore handling facilities (including two stackers and a single reclaimer), rescreening facility and product conveyor out to a wharf... Read more...Last updated: November 8, 2013
The proposal involves the dredging of not more than 14.2 million cubic metres (Mm 3 ) of material for eight new berth pockets, a turning circle and a link to the existing shipping channel. The proposal also involves the construction of two new land based dredge management areas (DMMAs). Dredged material will be disposed offshore at an existing disposal ground in Commonwealth waters and the new and existing DMMAs. Read more...