West Angelas Iron Ore Project

Project
Proposal description

The proposal is for the development of an iron ore mine at deposits 'A' and 'B' and ore processing operation at West Angelas 130 kilometres west of Newman, and construction of a rail line and expansion of port facilities at Cape Lambert.

Assessment Number
1144
Region
Referred under EP Act
s38
Industry sector
Last updated
Current Status
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved
Environmental Review
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number
924
Date published
Appeals close
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments

Attachment to Statement 514 - Increase mining rate from 25 million tonnes per annum to approximately 30 million tonnes per annum - change to proposal approved on 11 April 2006.

Attachment 1 to Statement 514 - Additional rail siding, Spoonbill - change to proposal approved on 29 November 2006.

Attachment 2 to Statement 514 - Change to the rail alignment along Hamersley Flats - change to proposal approved on 13 February 2009.

Attachment 3 to Statement 514 - increase throughput to 40 million tonnes per annum, update of mine figure (Figure 10) and amendments to Key Characteristics Table - s45C change to proposal approved on 20 August 2009.

Attachment 4 to Statement 514 – Deepening of existing pits and addition of Pit E – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 30 January 2012.

Attachment 5 to Statement 514 – Amendment to proposal description and deletion of the key characteristics from Schedule 1 which are not relevant to the environment or managed by another process – change to proposal approved under section 45C on 16 January 2014.

Date of approval s. 45C
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