Tutunup Titanium Minerals Mine

The proposal is for the development of a titanium minerals mine at Tutunup, approximately 20 km east of Busselton. The proposal has the following main components:


• disturbance of 120 hectares of mainly cleared agricultural land;
  
• construction of water and fines dams, and topsoil, tails and overburden stockpiles;
  
• dewatering and mining, using dry mining techniques at up to two million tonnes per annum;
• abstraction of groundwater from the Yarragadee aquifer for process use;
  
• haulage of the Heavy Mineral Concentrate (HMC) in road-trains to the proponent’s North Shore facility in Bunbury via Oates Rd, Tompsett Rd, Tutunup Rd, Ludlow-Hithergreen Rd and Bussell Highway; and
  
• widening of Tompsett Rd at the intersection with Tutunup Rd to address safety requirements.