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Last updated: September 17, 1990
An application by McLean Consolidated Pty Ltd to export hardwood woodchips derived from the sawmill wastes of the Denmark Sawmill through the Port of Albany was approved by the Minister for Environment in 1988. Since being granted that approval, several factors concerning the original proposal have altered, including change of ownership of both the project and the sawmill. The proponent, Southern Plantations Chip Company Pty Ltd, now wishes to export woodchips derived from sawmill wastes... Read more...Last updated: August 23, 1990
The proposal is to import a dense grade of ammonium nitrate (known as "NITRAM"') from the UK in quantities of 2,000 tonnes at a frequency of three times per year through the Port of Esperance. The product would be transported in 1 ton bulka bags. Two ships, each with 2,000 tonnes of NITRAM, have left their ports of loading already: one is delayed in Africa, the other is proceeding to Australia. The ammonium nitrate is needed to fill an Australia-wide shortfall. Esperance is the... Read more...Last updated: April 26, 1990
The proposal is to construct and operate a sodium cyanide plant at Kwinana. The plant would have the capacity to produce 45,000 tonnes of solid sodium cyanide briquettes annually. Sodium cyanide is predominantly used as a leaching agent in the gold extraction process. All solid sodium cyanide currently used in Australia is imported. Read more...Last updated: March 8, 1990
Alcoa of Australia Pty Ltd has been operating the Wagerup Refinery (Stage 1) near Waroona (100 km south of Perth) since 1984, under the Alumina Refinery (Wagerup) Agreement and Acts Amendment No 15 of 1978. This agreement covers a production capacity up to 2 mtpa (million tonnes per annum). Initially the refinery produced about 670,000 tpa, but fine tuning of the plant (currently under way) is expected to lift its capacity to 840,000 tpa of alumina. The expansion proposal referred to in this... Read more...Last updated: January 26, 1990
Liquid Air WA Pty Ltd proposes to establish an Air Separation Unit to produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon, and gaseous oxygen and nitrogen at Lot 129 Leath Road, Naval Base, immediately north of Wesfarmers Ltd's LPG extraction plant, and adjacent to Mason Road. The proposed plant would supply oxygen and nitrogen to the Cooljarloo Joint Venture (CJV) pigment plant, and the local merchant market. The pigment plant will require up to 35,000 tonnes per annum (t/a) of oxygen and 30,000 t/... Read more...