Project Proponent Australian Gold Reagents Pty Ltd Proposal 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 1422 Region Perth Referred under EP Act s46 Industry sector Industrial Last updated August 05, 2002 Current Status Ministerial Statement published 2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal Chair's Determination s46 request for a change to environmental conditions (not subject to appeal): Public Notification Preliminary Environmental Factors People Date published Tuesday, March 5, 2002 - 12:00 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 1047 EPA Report EPA Report 1047 (PDF, 1.11 MB) Key Environmental Factors People Date published Monday, April 22, 2002 - 12:00 Appeals close Monday, May 6, 2002 - 12:00 5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Date of approval Friday, August 2, 2002 - 12:00 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 0602 (PDF, 242.11 KB)
