S45C changes to proposal

Title S45C changes to proposal Ministerial Statement Last updated
Murrin Murrin Nickel-Cobalt Project Stage 2 Expansion

Attachment 1 – The use of Pit2/3 for periodic tailings disposal – change to proposal approved under s45C on 31 January 2005.

Attachment 2 – The construction and operation of a Heap Leach Facility located south-east of the existing Murrin Murrin processing plant (approximate coordinates GDA 391400mE, 6815800mE) as shown in Figure 1 – change to proposal approved under s45C on 8 December 2005.

Attachment 3 – Changes to Schedule 1, Key Characteristics Table relating to the continued operation of the Heap Leach Facility allowing ore processing to remain at 0.5 Mtpa for ‘life of mine’ – change to proposal approved under s45C on 24 January 2012.

Attachment 4 – Changes to Schedule 1, Key Characteristics table relating to the clearing of an additional 300 ha of vegetation to allow for the development of additional Pits, Waste Dumps and Ore Stockpiles – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 27 March 2013.

Attachment 5 – Removal of Groundwater criteria from the Key Characteristics Table – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 20 December 2016.

Attachment 6 - The change is to amend the authorised extent, including:

  • increase the water discharged from dewatering operations (by removing the criteria);
  • increase the maximum depth of pits from 50 m to 80 m; and
  • increase the maximum height of waste dumps (by removing the criteria).

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 17 September 2018. 

Attachment 7 – Reduce the authorised land disturbance within the development envelope at
Murrin Murrin East by 1,650 hectares (ha). Increase in authorised land disturbance to Murrin Murrin North and Murrin Murrin
South by 1,650 ha. Reduce the total spatial extent of the development envelope from 68,888 ha to
20,172 ha through the following:
o decrease the existing development envelope for Murrin Murrin North and Murrin Murrin South by 23,774 ha, from 37,435 ha to 13,661 ha.
o decrease the existing development envelope for Murrin Murrin East by 24,942 ha from 31,453 ha to 6,511 ha. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 6 November 2023.

Attachment 8 – No additional clearing, emissions or discharges or changes to the life of mine. Ministerial Statement figures updated to include proposal supporting infrastructure previously presented in Attachment 6 and incorrectly omitted from Attachment 7 due to an administrative error. Figures updated to include water pipeline connections that were omitted due to an error of transcription in Attachment 6. The development envelope details in Table 2 updated to correctly reference mining and borefield development envelopes referenced in the corrected figures. The development envelope extent of 20,172 hectares (ha) in Table 2 has been moved to the correct location under ‘Pits, Waste Dumps and Ore Stockpiles’ in Table 2. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 24 April 2024.

Attachment 9 – Addition of an 849 hectare (ha) Hybrid Renewable Energy (HRE) development envelope. Clearing of 188 ha of native vegetation for the construction and operation of hybrid renewable energy system consisting of a solar farm, wind turbines, battery storage system and associated infrastructure within the HRE development envelope. Additional Proponent commitment (Schedule 2) required by Condition 2 to implement the MMO Hybrid Renewable Energy Project – Bird and Bat Adaptive Management Plan (2025). – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 8 October 2025.

PDF icon Statement 506.pdf October 8, 2025
Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine

Attachment 1 to Statement 854 – Realignment of the infrastructure corridor and the Kalgan Creek excess water pipeline realignment, and re-development and relocation of two existing groundwater bores – change to proposal approved under s45C on 28 March 2012.

Attachment 2 to Statement 854 – Removal of Infrastructure Corridor Option 6, changes to Project Area – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 7 January 2013.

Attachment 3 to Statement 854 – Change to Project Area to expand the excess water discharge infrastructure corridor – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 17 September 2013.

Attachment 4 to Statement 854

  • Construction, commissioning, and operation of a new tailings storage facility in previously mined pits in Area 3.
  • The change is for abstraction of recirculation water as a result of seepage from in-pit storage of tailings. Abstraction of up to 3 gigalitres per annum (GL/a) to account for recirculation water in addition to 20 GL/a for dewatering is required (total of 23 GL/a). There is no change to the abstraction of groundwater that is not recirculation water, or the extent of groundwater drawdown from dewatering authorised under Schedule 1 of MS 854 (up to 140 metres of drawdown to approximately 500 metres relative to sea level (RSL)).
  • Figures 2 and 3 have been referenced in the Key Characteristics Table.

The conceptual mine layout and associated infrastructure for the proposal in Schedule 1 of MS 854 (Figure 3) has been updated to reflect the changes described above and the elements of the proposal that have been implemented in accordance with the key characteristics of the approved proposal.

The reference to figures depicting the location of the physical and operational elements have been corrected in the Key Characteristics Table (to Figures 2 and 3) as it is these figures that show the mine layout and associated infrastructure for the proposal. – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 2 October 2020.

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 854 and 932.pdf October 1, 2025
Cataby Mineral Sands Project (s. 46)

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1017 - Changes:
• Increase in the Area of Disturbance by 151.5 ha from 1942 ha to 2093.5 ha
• Increase in the Development Envelope by 110.3 ha from 2514 ha to 2624.3 ha
• Decrease in native vegetation clearing by 2.9 ha from 156 ha to 153.1 ha
• Increase in the volume of overburden handled by 10 Mt from 164 Mt to 174 Mt
• Removal of Western Power corridor extension from Development Envelope

Change to conditions approved under S45c 14 May 2021.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1017

Development of three additional open pits. Development Envelope to increase to 3,288.7 ha. Area of Disturbance to increase to 2,988 ha. Disturbance Footprint to be indicative. Additional clearing of native vegetation of 9 ha to a total of 162.1 ha. Removal of the “overburden volume” element from the Proposal. 

Change to conditions approved under S45c on 15 September 2025.

PDF icon Statement 1017.pdf September 15, 2025
Ravensthorpe Nickel Project (s46)

Attachment to Statement 633 – Redesign of the seawater intake facility – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 3 December 2004.

Attachment 1 to Statement 633 – Increase the maximum allowable area of the evaporation pond from 250 hectares to 391 hectares – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 22 December 2008.

Attachment 2 to Statement 633 – Construct and operate a Sands Reject Storage Facility - change to proposal approved under section 45C on 23 September 2010.

Attachment 3 to Statement 633 – Increase in disturbance footprint of 282 ha and removal of elements considered not environmentally relevant or managed under other legislation – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 12 August 2014.

Attachment 4 to Statement 633 - Changes:

  • Administrative changes to better define the proposal in schedule 1
  • Define development envelopes and combining project elements to allow flexibility in implementation, without increasing the authorised extent
  • Include the access corridor (from Shoemaker-Levy to the process plant) to the authorised extent table
  • Include the seawater pipeline and intake to the authorised extent table
  • Add 289 hectares of cleared farmland for topsoil stockpiles, access tracks and miscellaneous infrastructure to the authorised extent table
  • Amend the boundaries of the Halleys pit, Halleys overburden storage area and Hale- Bopp pit to incorporate historical clearing of native vegetation, without increasing the total authorised clearing extent
  • Include the limestone quarry to Figure 1.
  • Minor variation to the alignment of the access corridor in Figure 2
  • Consistent naming of project elements between the tables and figures
  • Remove elements that are duplicated.

Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 23 May 2019.

Attachment 5 to Statement 633 – Expansion of Southern Mines and Processing Development Envelope by 0.06 ha. Expansion of Tamarine Limestone Quarry Development Envelope by 71.8 ha and disturbance by 76.7 ha. Increase Seawater Pipeline and Intake Development Envelope by 20.3 ha. Increase Access Corridor Development Envelope by 1.6 ha - change to proposal approved under section 45C on 4 March 2025.

Attachment 6 to Statement 633 – Inclusion of wording in Table 2 to reflect the expansion of Southern Mines and Processing Development Envelope by 0.06 ha, authorised under Attachment 5 • Removal of reference to a windfarm • Correction of spelling error in Table 1. Change to proposal approved under section 45C on 10 September 2025.

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 633.pdf September 10, 2025
Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Condition 12-3 is deleted, and replaced. Change approved under S45C on 24 November 2022.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Remove the total dissolved solid (TDS) limit of 50,000 mg/L for aquifer reinjection of excess mine dewater. Remove the TDS limit of 50,000 mg/L for dust suppression using excess mine dewater. Replace the introduction to reference a Proposal Content Document for the purposing of describing the approved proposal. Replace condition 1-1 to reflect the removal of the TDS limits. Change approved under S45C on 2 July 2024.

Attachment 3 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Changes:
• Replace the proposal description to allow integration of externally sourced ore integration.
• Minor expansion of the development envelope to include miscellaneous tenement L46/129.
• Expansion of the Southwest Injection Borefield (SWIB) extent.
• Include an additional in-pit tailings storage facility (IPTSF) within the Delta 2 pit.
• Administrative change to remove the use of ‘indicative’ from condition 1-1 and Figures 3 and 4.
• Administrative change to correct the maximum extent of excess water used for dust suppression to ‘no more than 7.4 GL per annum’.
• Change the purpose of the access road connecting to the Marble Bar Road to a haul road. Replace condition 1-1 and condition 10 to reflect this change. 

Changes approved under S45C on 7 May 2025.

Attachment 4 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Administrative change in the development envelope and disturbance footprint extents of condition 1-1. Change approved under S45C on 28 August 2025.

PDF icon Statement 1189.pdf August 28, 2025
Upgrade of multi-user seawater supply and introduction of wastewater to ocean outfall, Burrup Peninsula (s46)

Attachment 1 to Statement 594 - Construct and operate alternative seawater intake pump system - change to proposal approved on 5 March 2010.

Attachment 2 to Statement 594 - Construct and operate a six gigalitre per annum reverse osmosis desalination plant to supply industry and domestic customers. - change to proposal approved on 6 August 2010.

Attachment 3 to Statement 594 – Define the development envelope using spatial coordinates (Replace Figure 2 of MS 594 with defined development envelope in schedule 3 (new)). Increase development envelope by 1.44 ha, from 17.96 to 19.40 ha. Increase in clearing by 0.26 ha, from 6.36 to 6.62 ha. Delete in Table 2 the element Operational Noise, and description: Seawater intake system: “less than 70 dB(A) at 1 metre from pump well”. Change to proposal approved under s45C on 19 April 2024.

Attachment 4 to Statement 594 - Replaces Figure 1 of MS 594 Attachment 3 with amended development envelope and disturbance footprint Figure 1 of MS 594 Attachment 4. Increase development envelope from 19.40 to 19.63 ha. Increase disturbance footprint from 8.23 to 8.65 ha. Change to proposal approved under s45C on 25 August 2025

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 594.pdf August 25, 2025
Perdaman Urea Project

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1180 - Increase in the Urea Formaldehyde storage capacity from 436 metres cubed (m3) to 448m3 to account for transition from urea formaldehyde (UF) 85 to UF 80. • Change in the Oxides of Nitrogen emission rate from 319 tonnes per annum (tpa) to 350 tpa (averaged) from power generation and fired heater. • Change in maximum extent or range of power generation limits from 100 megawatt electric (MWe) to 101 MWe capacity and installed solar capacity from 3.5 MWe to 5 MWe capacity. • Inclusion of power generation (installed solar) for laydown area (Site F). • Change in the physical element of Utility Block (Site C) to Utility Block (Site C and F). • Change in disturbance footprint in the conveyor route. • Update to figures to define disturbance footprint within the conveyor route. • Proponent updates to the ‘Proposal Content Document’, as amended by the change to proposal under s.43A on 20 March 2020, 10 February 2021 and 13 May 2021 to reflect the amendment approved under s.45C on 21 January 2025. • Change to implementation condition 5-3(3) to include collisions with infrastructure.

Change to conditions approved under s. 45c on 21 January 2025.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1180 -

Changes:
• Increase of the development envelope of 0.02 hectares (ha) at Site C and Site F to allow for foundation works to occur to stabilise the Transfer Tower (TT-005) along the existing urea Conveyor Route SP05.
• Increase in the disturbance footprint of 0.11 ha at Site C and Site F to allow for the expansion of on/off ramps and the construction of a tie-in point to an external gas supply pipeline.
• Replace the proposal description to reference a Proposal Content Document dated 14 August 2025 to reflect the amendment as approved under s.45C on 18 August 2025.
• Replace condition 1-1 to reflect the amended development envelope and disturbance footprint extents.
• Replace figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 to reflect the amended development envelope and disturbance footprint.

Change to conditions approved under s. 45c on 18 August 2025.

PDF icon Statement 1180.pdf August 18, 2025
Wheatstone Development Proposal (S46) [2178]

Attachment 1 to Statement 1131 - Changes: Amend the Short Description of the proposal and current Authorised Extent (onshore disturbance area) of MS 1131 to include an additional 43.44 hectares associated with the development of the proposed Eastern Port Precinct adjacent to the existing materials offloading facility. CHange to conditions approved under S45c on 2 Februrary 2022.

Attachment 2 to Statement 1131 - Delete condition 6 of Ministerial Statement 1131. Administrative update to Table 3 of Schedule 1. Change to conditions approved under S45c on 4 July 2025.

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1130, PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1131 July 4, 2025
Mining Area C - Southern Flank

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1072 - Changes:

  • a new location for managed aquifer recharge in the South Flank Valley
  • discharge to a drainage line that leads to Pebble Mouse Creek.

Changes to proposal approved under section 45c on 15 January 2020.

Attachment 2 to Ministerial Statement 1072 - Ministerial Statement Figure 4 to be replaced with a figure identifying the correct area for “Area A” due to an administrative error. Figure updated that accurately reflects areas of ‘Good’ to ‘Excellent’ condition native vegetation to be offset.

Changes to proposal approved under s.45c on 17 June 2025.

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 1072.pdf June 17, 2025
Duplication of synthetic rutile capacity, Capel

Attachment to Statement 291 - change to description in Consultative Environmental Review - approved on 18 August 2005.

Attachment to Statement 291 - change to description of Proposal in Consultative Environmental Review - approved on 3 October 2005.

PDF icon Ministerial Statement 291 April 7, 2025

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