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Last updated: March 23, 2025
Italia Stone Group proposes to develop a hard rock quarry at Lot 800 Pruden Road Whitby, approximately 3.5 kilometres east of Mundijong in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The proposed quarry is on freehold land and is for the extraction of 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes of hard rock per annum for a period of 20 years. The material will be extracted by drill and blast methods and hauled by truck to a processing area for crushing and stockpiling on site. Read more...Last updated: March 17, 2025
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...Last updated: March 13, 2025
The Western Australian Water Corporation is proposing to construct the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant (ASDP) as part of Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme which aims to provide additional sources of drinking water to supplement the existing metropolitan water supply. The ASDP Proposal will be located within the Alkimos Water Precinct (Lot 1050 Marmion Avenue), approximately 40 km north of the Perth, within the northwest corridor, north of Quinns Rock beach and south of Yanchep beach.... Read more...Last updated: March 7, 2025
Chichester Metals Pty Ltd is proposing to construct and operate an iron ore mine approximately 55 km north-west of Newman, and 30 km south of Fortescue’s existing Nyidinghu project in the Pilbara region. The proposal would require a disturbance footprint of 12,487 ha and is located within a 42,331 ha mine development envelope. The proposal is located within the Nyiyaparli and Nyiyaparli #3 Native Title determination area (WCD 2018/008) The proposal includes both above and below water table open... Read more...Last updated: March 4, 2025
FutureEnergy Australia is proposing to construct and operate a biorefinery processing plant to produce a renewable biodiesel. The proposed proposal is located on Lot 31 on Plan 404104, Narrogin, within the shire of Narrogin, Western Australia. The proposal includes a biorefinery plant, a feedstock receival area, woodchip drying beds, and supporting infrastructures. The biorefinery plant will utilize waste lignocellulose biomass as feedstock which will undergo pyrolysis followed by non-catalytic... Read more...Last updated: March 4, 2025
Inquiry under s46 into the request for a number of substantial changes to the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project, located approximately 35 km east of Ravensthorpe, the subject of Ministerial Statement 509 . In summary, the proposed changes include: mining of additional ore reserves contained within the Shoemaker-Levy and Hale-Bopp deposits and a resulting increase in clearing within the Bandalup Corridor; changes to the processing of ore and the final product: a) deletion of nickel electrowinning,... Read more...Last updated: February 25, 2025
The proposal is for the development of a titanium minerals mine at Tutunup, approximately 20 km east of Busselton. The proposal has the following main components: disturbance of 120 hectares of mainly cleared agricultural land; construction of water and fines dams, and topsoil, tails and overburden stockpiles; dewatering and mining, using dry mining techniques at up to two million tonnes per annum; abstraction of groundwater from the Yarragadee aquifer for process use; haulage of the Heavy... Read more...Last updated: February 17, 2025
Gascoyne Gateway Ltd proposes to build, own and operate a multipurpose marine complex in Exmouth that will service a variety of vessels including but not limited to cruise liners and associated ecotourism activities, Defence and marine supply vessels. The project will not be utilised for livestock or iron ore. The Proposal site is located 10 kilometres south of the Exmouth township and immediately south of the Ingram Street light industrial area; opposite the Exmouth landfill site and to the... Read more...Last updated: February 4, 2025
The Proposal is to construct and operate a new multimodal port in the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA), approximately 30 km south of Perth. The Proposal includes: A port facility. Adjacent areas of landside development. An offshore breakwater. Dredging for a second main channel. Dredging for access channels, turning basins and berthing areas. Use of dredge material for beneficial re-use and, where required, placement in approved marine placement areas. Removal of the disused Kwinana Bulk Berth 1 (... Read more...Last updated: February 3, 2025
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines is seeking to expand the Fimiston Gold mine operations (Fimiston), located 600 kilometres East of Perth, and adjacent to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. The proposal is a significant amendment to the current Fimiston Gold Mine Operations Extension (Stage 2) and Mine Closure Planning, approved under Ministerial Statement 782, operated by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM). The proposal is for the expansion of the Fimiston operations in... Read more...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: January 24, 2025
The Proposal will use combined onshore wind and solar energy of approximately 5.2 gigawatt (GW) capacity to produce green hydrogen which will be converted to an estimated 2 Million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of green ammonia for export to emerging green energy markets. The Proposal is located within the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia (WA), approximately 20 km north of Kalbarri. The Proposal comprises the following major components: a wind and solar farm with a combined installed capacity... Read more...Last updated: January 22, 2025
Port Hedland Iron Pty Ltd (formerly Port Hedland Green Steel) proposes to develop a large-scale downstream iron ore processing facility known as the Port Hedland Green Steel Project – Stage 1. The proposal is located in the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area (BSIA) approximately 10 km south-west of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region. The proposal will consist of a pellet plant and a hot briquette iron (HBI) plant, consuming approximately 3 - 3.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of iron ore. Most... Read more...Last updated: January 21, 2025
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. The EPA considered the Study of the Cumulative Impacts of Air Emissions in the Murujuga Airshed in its assessment of the Perdaman Urea Project. Read more...Last updated: January 21, 2025
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; and Installation of a gas gathering system comprising of flowlines... Read more...Last updated: January 13, 2025
The proposal is to construct and operate a multi-use motorsport complex on Lot 78 Punrak Road Keysbrook, and to redirect stormwater to Lot 400 Wigg Road Keysbrook. The proposal would be used for road safety driver training, amateur car events, a go-kart track, V8 supercar events, motorbikes and world rally championships. The proposal would operate seven days a week from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, with potential for extended hours over weekends for special events. Read more...Last updated: January 9, 2025
VRX Silica Ltd propose to develop a silica sand mine in the Geraldton Sandplain bioregion of Western Australia, approximately 270 km north of Perth. The proposal would include a total disturbance of 412.2 hectares of native vegetation and will involve sequential mining of sand 8 – 15 metres below the soil surface. Vegetation and topsoil will be relocated to rehabilitation areas using the Vegetation Direct Transfer method. Mining will be undertaken in sections by removing blocks (typically 150m... Read more...Last updated: January 6, 2025
The Orebody 29/30/35 Significant Amendment proposal is approximately 7 kilometres west-south-west of Newman in the Pilbara region next to existing Mt Whaleback mining operations. BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd proposes to continue and expand existing iron ore mining operations approved under Ministerial Statement 963: Orebody 29/30/35 Mining Below Watertable, published 18 March 2014. The proposal includes the expansion of operations at Orebody 29 and 30 (above and below the water table), the addition of... Read more...