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Last updated: December 22, 2023
Rio Tinto Winu Pty Limited (the Proponent) proposes to develop the Winu Project (the Proposal). The Proposal is a new copper-gold mine located approximately 300 km south of Broome and 320 km east of Port Hedland in the northern Pilbara region of Western Australia within both the Nyangumarta people’s and the Martu people’s Native Title Determination Areas. The Proposal conceptual footprint will require the clearing of up to 4,868 ha of native vegetation within a proposed 37,344 ha Development... Read more...Last updated: December 22, 2023
The Mulga Downs Hub and Rail Spur (the Proposal) is located approximately 210 km south of Port Hedland and 180 km northwest of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Proposal is for the development of a hub and rail spur to connect into the existing Roy Hill Railway for the transport of iron ore to Port Hedland. The Proposal includes truck unloading and train loading facilities, product rehandling facilities, stockyards, a laboratory, a rail loop and rail service tracks, lateral... Read more...Last updated: December 15, 2023
Z1Z Resorts Pty Ltd proposes to redevelop the Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park, located along Yardie Creek Road, North West Cape. The Proposal comprises the construction of new visitor accommodation; the construction of associated ancillary facilities (i.e., staff accommodation, power supply infrastructure, water supply and treatment, wastewater treatment and reuse, and replacement service station (vehicle refuelling) etc.); refurbishment of the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse Quarters (a part of... Read more...Last updated: December 15, 2023
The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate an extension of the existing Joondalup railway line from a point north of the proposed future Eglinton Station. The proposal will extend the Joondalup railway line through to Yanchep in the City of Wanneroo and includes a new intermodal transit station within the Yanchep City Centre area. The development envelope is up to 73 hectares (ha) and the proposal will result in potential impacts to native vegetation that includes... Read more...Last updated: December 12, 2023
The referred proposal is for a change in the use, purpose and condition of land within the Gnangara, Pinjar and Yanchep pine plantations from commercial pine plantation managed for the purpose of timber production to a combination of new uses, purposes and conditions other than pine plantations. The change in the use, purpose and condition of land occurs through the progressive harvesting of pine without replacement and post-harvesting land management. The change in the use, purpose and... Read more...Last updated: November 30, 2023
The Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 (FMP 2024-2033) is a statutory plan for the management of approximately 2,522,000 hectares of land and waters vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission in the south-west of Western Australia, in accordance with the, Conservation and Land Management Act 1984, (CALM Act) to fulfil the statutory purposes for which that land is reserved. The proposal is to undertake a range of management activities, the most significant being conservation reserve creation... Read more...Last updated: November 27, 2023
Alcoa of Australia Limited is proposing to increase production at the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery (the refinery) and increase the rate of bauxite mining at the existing Huntly Mine within Mineral Lease 1SA (ML1SA) to supply 2.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) bauxite, for export to third party customers. The Proposal comprises the following components: an increase in alumina production at the refinery by 5 percent, from 5.0 Mtpa to 5.25 Mtpa; A transition of the Huntly mine into the Myara North... Read more...Last updated: November 6, 2023
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd proposes to develop the Eliwana Mine Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Eliwana Mine Project Area is located approximately 90 km west-northwest of Tom Price. Over the life of the mine, the average annual production rate is estimated at 30 Mtpa but infrastructure will be constructed to reflect peaks in the annual production rate up to 50 Mtpa. The estimated mine life is 24 years. The proposal involves the clearing of up to 8,560 ha of native... Read more...Last updated: November 6, 2023
Keysbrook Leucoxene Pty Ltd is proposing to expand its current mining operation for the Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project, which operates under Ministerial Statement Numbers 810 and 1089, to include an additional 511.64 hectares of mining area located immediately west of the current operations. Read more...Last updated: October 19, 2023
Mardie Minerals Pty Ltd has approval to develop a greenfields high quality salt and SoP project and associated export facility at Mardie, approximately 80 km south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of WA. The project will produce a high purity salt product, Sulphate of Potash (SoP) and other products that can be derived from sea water. The Proposal includes the expansion of the approved Mardie Project (Ministerial Statement [MS] 1175) including expanded concentrator and crystalliser ponds... Read more...Last updated: October 18, 2023
Pilbara Energy (Generation) Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate the Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub on the Uaroo and Emu Creek Pastoral Stations located 120 kilometres south of Onslow, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal is to construct and operate a renewable energy generation hub to power Fortescue Metals Group Limited’s mining operations in the Pilbara. The proposal will generate electricity (up to 5.4 gigawatts) from up to 340 wind turbine generators and a solar farm.... Read more...Last updated: October 16, 2023
Karara Mining Limited is seeking to revise its existing Karara Iron Ore Mine, located 320 km north-northeast of Perth in the Midwest Region of Western Australia. The revised proposal includes additional ground disturbance to support the revised Life of Mine strategy, including a revised development envelope, extension of the tailings storage facility and waste rock landform, incorporation of the areas previously approved under the Mungada Iron Ore Project (MIOP) (MS 806) and areas required for... Read more...Last updated: September 29, 2023
Atlas Iron Pty Ltd is proposing to develop and operate Stage 2 of the Sanjiv Ridge Project, a satellite operation to Stage 1, which will involve the above water table mining of approximately 10 million tonnes (Mt) of iron ore from the Glen Herring deposit which is located on an adjacent range 3 km west of Stage 1 and approximately 241 km south-east of Port Hedland in the Shire of East Pilbara. The proposal will consist of three new pits, four waste rock dumps and a 4 km haul road connecting to... Read more...Last updated: September 8, 2023
BHP propose to expand existing mining operations at the Newman Hub in the Pilbara, approximately 2 kilometres (km) southwest of Newman. The Proposal is a derived proposal for mining operations at Newman (Western Ridge) authorised by the Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal, Ministerial Statement 1105. The proposal is to develop four iron ore deposits to expand BHP’s Newman Hub and includes: overburden storage areas ore and topsoil stockpiles haul and access roads overland conveyor 30 million... Read more...Last updated: September 4, 2023
K plus S Salt Australia Pty Ltd is seeking approval to construct and operate a 3.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) Solar Salt Project located approximately 40 km south-west of the township of Onslow, within the Shire of Ashburton. Read more...Last updated: July 5, 2023
Change to condition 3 to extend the time limit for proposal implementation Read more...Last updated: July 4, 2023
In 1998 Main Roads Western Australia (Main Roads) referred Stages 2, 3 and 4 of the Karratha – Tom Price Road, now called the Manuwarra Red Dog Highway (the Original Proposal), to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The EPA assessed the Original Proposal and published EPA Report 1159. Ministerial Statement (MS) 677 was published in 2005. Construction of Stage 2 was completed in 2008. Stage 3 of the Original Proposal is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in... Read more...Last updated: June 26, 2023
Inquiry into implementation Condition 10 (Terrestrial and Marine Quarantine Management System), Condition 16 (Long-term Marine Turtle Management Plan) and Condition 25 (Coastal Stability Management and Monitoring Plan) to ensure that they are effective and reflect a contemporary outcome-based condition setting. It is noted a preceding Section 46 inquiry into Ministerial 800 (dated 11-03-2023) has been requested by the Minister for Environment in relation to Conditions 9, and 15 (Inquiry 1).... Read more...Last updated: June 26, 2023
The proposal is to construct and operate a new 48 km section of the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering. The proposal would bypass the town of Bindoon located approximately 70 km north east of Perth, Western Australia. The Proposal would consist of a combination of four lane dual carriageway, four lane single carriageway and two lane single carriageway and would divert from the existing GNH at the Chittering Roadhouse running west of Bindoon and re-joining the GNH between Hay... Read more...Last updated: June 22, 2023
The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate a new 14.5 kilometre (km) dual railway track to extend the existing Thornlie passenger line to Cockburn Central Station on the Mandurah line and duplicate the existing 3 km of single track between Beckenham Junction and Thornlie Station. The proposal requires the relocation of 11 km of freight line within the existing rail reserve. The proposal requires the construction and operation of two new stations at Ranford and... Read more...