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Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pipeline

Last updated: March 2, 2021

APA Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pty Ltd proposes to construct and operate the Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pipeline. The 300 mm diameter buried gas pipeline will extend for approximately 580 km, starting from Ambania (50 km east of Geraldton) to 40 km south of Leinster where it will connect into the existing Goldfields Gas Pipeline. The project will connect existing gas assets in the Mid West region with existing gas assets in the Northern Goldfields region. The proposal includes... Read more...

Lynas Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility

Last updated: March 2, 2021

Lynas Kalgoorlie Pty Ltd (Lynas) propose to construct and operate a new Rare Earths Processing Facility at Lot 500 Great Eastern Highway, Yilkari and a By-product storage facility on Common Reserve 8767, Yarri Road, Parkerston in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.  The Rare Earths Processing Facility will process rare earth concentrate from the Mt Weld mine to produce a rare earth carbonate for export. Read more...

Perdaman Urea Project

Last updated: February 10, 2021

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd intends to construct and operate a urea plant with a production capacity of approximately 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) on Sites C and F within the Burrup Strategic Industrial Area (SIA) on the Burrup Peninsula. Both sites are located adjacent to the Murujuga National Park. Read more...

Valhalla Gas Exploration and Appraisal Program

Last updated: February 8, 2021

Bennett Resources is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley.    The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby.  The proposal comprises the construction of up to twenty wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes.   The proposal is... Read more...

High Street Upgrade

Last updated: February 3, 2021

Main Roads WA is proposing to conduct works to upgrade approximately 1.5 kilometre (km) of High Street in the City of Fremantle, Western Australia. The upgrade from Stirling Highway to Carrington Street to a four lane dual carriageway is aimed at improving road safety. The works would require a total disturbance of approximately 20.1 hectares (ha), including 1.8 ha of the Fremantle Public Golf Course, Royal Fremantle Golf Club (Class A reserve) and 0.1 ha of the Fremantle Environmental Resource... Read more...

Lake Way Sulphate of Potash Project

Last updated: February 1, 2021

Salt Lake Potash Limited propose to abstract Sulphate of Potash (SOP) rich brines to produce up to 260 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of SOP product. The proposal is located in and around Lake Way, approximately 25 kilometres south of Wiluna. The activities and infrastructure proposed includes evaporation ponds, brine abstraction trenches, paleochannel brine production bores, permanent brine pumps/pipework, access and infrastructure corridors and excess salt disposal areas. The proposal will cover... Read more...

Waitsia Gas Project Stage 2

Last updated: February 1, 2021

The Waitsia Gas Project Stage 2 is a conventional gas proposal located approximately 16km East-South-East of the Dongara-Port Denison town sites. The proposal includes clearing of up to 17 ha of native vegetation to support the following:  Construction and operation of a new gas processing plant with a maximum export capacity of 250 terajoules per day; Drilling of up to 6 new production wells to supplement the existing 2 wells;   Installation of a gas gathering system comprising of flowlines... Read more...

Yangibana Expansion 1

Last updated: February 1, 2021

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd propose to expand the existing approved Yangibana Rare Earths Project, a Rare Earth Elements mine which includes on site processing and associated infrastructure. The expansion involves mining from two additional pits (Yangibana and Auer) and one larger amalgamated pit (Bald Hill-Simon’s Find-Fraser’s).  The proposal is located approximately 270 kilometres east-north-east of Carnarvon in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne.  The proposal would include total disturbance of... Read more...

Atlas Project

Last updated: January 25, 2021

Image Resources NL is seeking to develop a mineral sands project, located at Nambung, approximately 170 kilometres (km) north of Perth and 18 km east of Cervantes, in the Wheatbelt region of WA. The proposal includes the progressive development of mine pits, processing facilities, groundwater bores and water management infrastructure, temporary waste dumps, solar drying ponds and associated infrastructure.  The proposal would require the clearing of up 320 hectares of native vegetation. Read more...

Yalyalup Mineral Sands Project

Last updated: January 18, 2021

Doral Mineral Sands Pty Ltd is proposing to develop and operate a mineral sands deposit approximately 11 kilometres southeast of Busselton. The proposal includes the development of mine pits and associated infrastructure, wet concentration processing plant, solar evaporation ponds, groundwater abstraction and water management infrastructure and process water pond. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 453.34 hectares within a development envelope of 924.8 hectares. The majority of... Read more...

Turkey Point Access Bridge

Last updated: January 18, 2021

The Proposal is to develop a new bridge with a single lane dual carriage road and dual use path over the Preston River, to Turkey Point, Bunbury, Western Australia.   The Proposal requires a disturbance footprint of 9.59 ha within the overall Proposal Development Envelope (DE) of 11.34 ha. Subtropical Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh Threatened Ecological Community (VT03 and VT04) is present within the Proposal DE and will require clearing of approximately 1.36 ha. 1.22 ha has been identified as... Read more...

Wagerup Alumina Refinery - Production to a Maximum Capacity of 4.7 Million Tonnes Per Annum and Associated Bauxite Mining (728 and 1069) (S46) [2179]

Last updated: January 7, 2021

Alcoa of Australia have requested changes to conditions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Ministerial Statement 728 and 1069 in order to facilitate an increase in production to 3.3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). Read more...

Byford Rail Extension

Last updated: January 6, 2021

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate 8 km of new railway (including dual tracks and associated rail infrastructure), between Armadale and Byford. The proposal includes modification to the existing Armadale Station and construction and operation of a new station at Byford. The proposal includes the replacement of level crossings with grade separated crossings, either road over rail or rail over road.  The proposal involves clearing of up to 50 hectares (ha) of... Read more...

West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G

Last updated: January 4, 2021

Robe River Mining Co. proposes to develop the West Angelas C, D and G iron ore deposits to sustain production at the existing West Angelas iron ore operations. The proposal is located approximately 130 km northwest of Newman.   Mining of the C, D and G iron ore deposits will involve the additional clearing of up to 4,310 ha of native vegetation within a mine development envelope of 26,400 ha. Mine dewatering will be required to accommodate below water table mining, requiring an additional  ... Read more...

Shark Bay Resources Maintenance Dredging

Last updated: December 21, 2020

The proponent, Shark Bay Resources Pty Ltd, operates two solar salt fields and an associated port facility at Useless Loop in the Shark Bay area of Western Australia. The site is located approximately 25 kilometres west southwest of Denham. The proponent is proposing to undertake maintenance and capital dredging of up to 100,000 cubic metres from the berth pocket and entrance channel of the port to restore navigable depths. The berth pocket dredge area is surrounded by, but excised from, the... Read more...

Manuwarra Red Dog Highway – Revised Proposal

Last updated: December 21, 2020

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...

Ammonia Plant, Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula), Renewable Hydrogen Project

Last updated: December 21, 2020

Yara Pilbara Fertilisers Pty Ltd propose to modify the existing Pilbara Fertiliser project to include the development of a Renewable Hydrogen Plant and associated infrastructure. The proposal is located approximately 11 km north-west of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal is adjacent to the National Heritage listed area and the Murujuga National Park. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 24.78 hectares. The proposal will result in reduction of... Read more...

Malaga to Ellenbrook Rail Works

Last updated: December 15, 2020

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) proposes to construct and operate a new 13 kilometre (km) dual railway track between Malaga and Ellenbrook. The proposed Malaga to Ellenbrook extends from the proposed Bayswater to Malaga railway line. The proposal includes three new stations at Malaga, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook with intermodal rail, bus, carpark and active mode (cycling and walking) facilities at each station. A potential future station is also proposed at Bennett Springs and rail... Read more...

Bunbury Outer Ring Road (Northern and Central Sections)

Last updated: December 14, 2020

The Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia is proposing to construct and operate the northern section and upgrade the central section of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR).   The proposal includes 19km of freeway-standard dual carriageway and associated interchanges between Forrest Highway and Boyanup-Picton Road (northern section) and between Boyanup-Picton Road and South West Highway (central section).  The proposal would require the clearing of up to 73 hectares of native vegetation... Read more...

Bunbury Outer Ring Road (Southern Section)

Last updated: December 14, 2020

Main Roads Western Australia is proposing to construct and operate the southern section of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR). The proposal includes 10.5 km of freeway-standard dual carriageway, 3 km of rural distributor roads and other associated road-infrastructure. The BORR southern section will connect to the proposed northern and central sections of BORR near South West Highway, which together will complete a bypass around Bunbury City from Forest Highway to Bussell Highway. The BORR... Read more...

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