ProjectProponent: Australian Gold Reagents Pty LtdProposal description: AGR is a joint venture between Wesfarmers CSBP Limited and Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd which was formed to manufacture and market sodium cyanide. The AGR facility is located at Wesfarmers CSBP's fertiliser and chemicals complex in Kwinana (Figure 1). It currently operates two liquid sodium cyanide plants which have a combined production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of pure (100 percent) sodium cyanide, with the potential to expand to 70,000 tpa. These plants produce sodium cyanide as a 30 percent (by weight) solution. AGR is constructing a downstream processing plant that is capable of producing 25,000 tpa of solid sodium cyanide briquettes from liquid sodium cyanide. Assessment Number: 1422Region: PerthReferred under EP Act: s46Industry sector: IndustrialLast updated: August 5, 2002Current Status: Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposalChair's Determination: s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public NotificationPreliminary Environmental Factors: Air QualityPeopleDate published: Tuesday, 5 March, 2002 4. EPA Report on assessmentEPA Report Number: 1047EPA Report: EPA Report 1047 (PDF, 1.11 MB)Key Environmental Factors: Air QualityPeopleDate published: Monday, 22 April, 2002Appeals close: Monday, 6 May, 2002 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposalMinisterial StatementDate of approval: Friday, 2 August, 2002Ministerial Statement: Ministerial Statement 0602 (PDF, 242.11 KB)