Roy Hill 1 Iron Ore Mining Stage 2

Project
Proposal description

Proposal to mine iron ore from the Stage 2 project area on the southern slopes of the Chichester Range and develop a remote borefield and pipeline by Roy Hill Iron Ore Pty Ltd (RHIO).

Assessment Number
1822
Region
Referred under EP Act
s38
Industry sector
Last updated
Current Status
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Date published
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number
1345
Date published
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments

Attachment 1 to Statement 829 - Change to mining schedule, location of key infrastructure, groundwater drawdown figure and coordinates - approved on 3 February 2012.

Attachment 2 to Statement 829 - Change to mine dewatering volume and rate; change to description of saline water disposal to include use for dust supression; minor changes to units of measurement (volume) - approved on 11 February 2016.

Attachment 3 to Statement 829 - Change to allow for an increase in mine dewatering volumes and Managed Aquifer Recharge reinjection of surplus dewatered groundwaterfor a trial period of two (2) years - approved on 11 May 2018.

Attachment 4 to Statement 829 - Removal of processing rate - approved on 21 May 2018.

Attachment 5 to Statement 829 – Up to three year extension of the current two year reinjection trial disposing of surplus water resulting from mine dewatering, reject water from reverse osmosis plant and decant from Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), with salinity up to 30,000 mg/L TDS, into recharge basins and/or reinjection bores within the mine tenement – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 30 September 2020.

Date of approval s. 45C
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