Project overview
| EIS status | Approved with conditions |
| Description | Greenfield open cut coal mine producing up to 17 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of primarily metallurgical run-of-mine coal (11 Mtpa product coal) used for steel making. |
| Proponent | Whitehaven WS Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitehaven Coal |
| Location/s | Approximately 30 km south-east of Moranbah. Map |
| Local government/s | Isaac Regional Council |
| Investment | $1 billion |
| Key features | open-cut primarily metallurgical coal minemine infrastructure areas including workshops and a coal handling and preparation plantrail loop and train load out facility connecting to the Norwich Park Branch Railwayprivate access roadraw water pipeline connecting to the Eungella pipeline networkelectricity transmission line from the existing power network |
| Construction start date | 2026 |
| Jobs | 500 full time equivalent (FTE) construction jobs500 FTE operational jobs |
* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 23 November 2023 | Coordinator-General’s report on the EIS ( 21.6 KB) released.Supplementary documentation provided by the proponent. |
| 7 July 2023 | The Coordinator-General accepted the draft EIS and the revised draft EIS as the final EIS.Final EIS, including appendices. |
| 2 May 2023 | The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 7July 2023 |
| 8 February 2023 | The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 8 May 2023. |
| 21 November 2022 to 19 December 2022 | Revised draft EIS public consultation.Revised draft EIS. |
| 23 February 2022 | The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 6 March 2023. |
| 3 December 2021 | Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General. |
| 4 August 2021 to 15 September 2021 | Draft EIS public consultation. Draft EIS, including appendices. |
| 26 February 2021 | Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 4 March 2022. |
| 4 September 2019 | Terms of reference for an EIS ( 660 KB) released. |
| 17 and 18 July 2019 | Australian Minister for the Environment decided the project is a ‘controlled action’.Mine site and access roadElectricity transmission lineWater pipeline |
| 24 June 2019 to 19 July 2019 | Public consultation period on draft terms of reference (1.2 MB). |
| 17 April 2019 | Gazettal ( 247 KB) of ‘coordinated project’ declaration. |
| 14 February 2019 | Application, including initial advice statement ( 8.8 MB), submitted. |
