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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, 2021
The Havieron Underground Mine Project (the Project) is a greenfield gold-copper deposit operated located in the East Pilbara Shire of Western Australia, and is approximately 45 kilometres (km) east of Newcrest’s Telfer Gold Mine and 450 km east south east from the town of Port Hedland. The Project involves the development and operation of an underground mine with transport of ore to Telfer Gold Mine for processing. The underground mine and associated infrastructure includes; clearing of 530 ha... Read more...Last updated: May 20, 2020
Venturex Resources Limited propose to develop the Sulphur Springs Zinc-Copper Project located approximately 144 kilometres (km) south-east of Port Hedland and 57 km west of Marble Bar. The project includes an open pit mine to extract the upper portion of the orebody and an underground mine to extract the lower portion of the orebody. The project has a disturbance footprint of 313.6 hectares (ha) within an 889.2 ha development envelope and consists of the following physical and operational... Read more...Last updated: October 15, 2018
Changes to conditions 3-1 and 3-2 of Ministerial Statement 772 in order to extend the Time Limit of Authorisation Read more...Last updated: September 2, 2013
The Minister for Environment requested that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) inquire into and report on the matter of changing condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 772 to extend the Time Limit of Authorisation for the substantial commencement of this proposal. Access the Spinifex Ridge Molybdenum Project here . Read more...Last updated: August 5, 2008
To develop an open pit mine and process 20 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of ore to produce approximately 23,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of molybdenum concentrate and approximately 48,000 tpa of copper concentrate. Read more...Last updated:
The Telfer mine is a gold/copper mine located in the Great Sandy Desert in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, approximately 485km east southeast of Port Hedland. The proponent referred this request to consolidate Ministerial Statements 605, which relates to power supply and an infrastructure corridor, and 606, which relates to the mining , processing, and transport of ore and concentrate. Read more...