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Section 46 Change to Conditions - Rare Earths Mining and Benefication at Mt Weld, Laverton and Secondary Processing at Meenar, Near Northam – Ministerial Statement 476

Last updated: November 24, 2017

Section 46 Change to Conditions withdrawn 24 November 2017. Read more...

Barrambie Vanadium Project

Last updated: October 22, 2012

To develop an open-cut vanadium mine and process plant at Barrambie, 75 kilometres north-west of the Sandstone townsite and 116 kilometres south-east of Meekatharra Read more...

Expansion of Existing Titanium Dioxide Pigment Facility to 195,000 tpa, Kemerton Industrial Park

Last updated: March 29, 1999

The proposal is for the expansion of the existing titanium dioxide plant, to increase the plant production capacity from 79,000 tpa of finished titanium dioxide pigment, at the Kemerton Industrial Park, within the shire of Harvey, 140 kilometres south of Perth, 17 kilometres north east of Bunbury and 4 kilometres east of Leschenault Estuary. Read more...

Wagoo Hills Vanadium Project and Mingenew Coal Project (s46) [1146]

Last updated: August 2, 1998

The proposal is for the development of a vanadium mining and processing operation 80 kilometres south-east of Mount Magnet, and a coal mine near Mingenew to provide a source of energy to the vanadium operation. Inquiry under s46 regarding a request for an extension of time limit of Ministerial Statement 283 . Read more...

Mining of titanium minerals, Yarloop

Last updated: April 17, 1997

The proposal is to develop a titanium minerals mine on Mining Leases 70/49, 70/937 and 70/938 and to mine an ore body located on Reserve 31900 and private property within the Shire of Harvey. The ore body consists of two occurrences of heavy mineral concentrate separated by the Waterous Formation Creek, and adjacent to Black Rock Road. Read more...

Rare Earth Project, 4 km south of Alcoa Alumina Refinery and next to Gallium Plant, Pinjarra

Last updated: September 5, 1996

The proposal is to build and operate a rare earth plant on a site 4 km south of Alcoa Alumina Refinery and adjacent to the existing Rhone-Poulenc Gallium Plant at Pinjarra, approximately 100km south of Perth and 30 km south-east of Mandurah. The plant will produce 15,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of solid rare earth nitrate concentrate. Read more...

Rare earths mining and processing at Mount Weld

Last updated: November 9, 1992

The proposal is to mine and beneficiate a rare earths deposit at Mt Weld, 35 km south-east of Laverton, and to process the beneficiated material to produce various rare earth oxides, concentrates and compounds at Meenaar, 20 km east of Northam. Read more...

Wagoo Hills Vanadium Project and Mingenew Coal Project

Last updated: September 17, 1992

The proposal is to develop a vanadium oxide mine and processing plant on Windimurra Station (Wagoo Hills Vanadium Project) near Mount Magnet. A major portion of the energy requirements of the processing plant would be generated from coal supplied from a proposed new coal mine to be located near Mingenew (Mingenew Coal Project). Read more...

Rare Earth Treatment Plant

Last updated: September 30, 1988

The proposal is to establish a Rare Earth Treatment Plant at Pinjarra in Western Australia. The proposal has two stages. The first stage would treat the monazite with caustic to produce a solid containing rare earth hydroxides and a calcium phosphate waste. The second stage would treat the solid containing the rare earth hydroxide to produce rare earth salts, thorium waste and the ammonium nitrate waste., Note:, Upon consideration of this proposal the Environmental Protection Authority... Read more...

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