Revised Proposal for the Roy Hill Iron Ore Mine

Project
Proposal description

The Revised Proposal outlines a significant increase in ground disturbance to that previously approved, a revised materials management strategy, a Life of Mine water management strategy including Managed Aquifer Reinjection, a significant increase in dewatering volumes and establishment of permanent surface water diversion structures.

Assessment Number
2214
Region
Referred under EP Act
s38
Industry sector
Last updated
Current Status
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination
Date published
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved
Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation)
Proponent response to submissions
Date published (Proponent response to submissions)
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
Date of approval s. 43A
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number
1716
Date published
Appeals close
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval
Ministerial Statement
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments

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.

Attachment 5 to Ministerial Statement 1189 - Administrative change to condition 12-3, to amend a clerical error and capture PEOF contributions for the night parrot, as specified in condition 12-1(9). Administrative change to condition 12-9, for grammatical accuracy to ensure clarity.. Change approved under S45C on 2 December 2025.

Date of approval s. 45C
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