The Ridley Magnetite Project (the Proposal) is located approximately 57 km east of Port Hedland. The Proposal is located within a 19,102 ha Development Envelope (DE) with an indicative disturbance footprint (IF) of 8,484 ha. The Proposal is for the mining and processing of iron ore to produce up to 16.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of magnetite concentrate.
The Proposal includes a single pit (below water table), run-of-mine pad, concentrate stockpiles, laydown areas, waste dumps, desalination plant and pipelines (intake, outfall), processing plant, power infrastructure, tailings storage facility and supporting infrastructure including groundwater bores, process water storage ponds/tanks, roads, accommodation camp, administration buildings, communications infrastructure, borrow pits, explosives magazine, fuel storage and landfill. A services corridor will run from the site to a dewatering plant at Port Hedland.
The Proposal will initially transport concentrate by truck to Port Hedland and will transition to a slurry pipeline on completion of construction of this element.
