Following the EPA’s decision to conduct an environmental impact assessment into parts of our 2022 - 2026 and 2023 - 2027 MMPs, the agency has released the Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) for the assessment.
An ESD is common to all proposals assessed by the EPA and sets out the requirements for the environmental impact assessment and an indicative timeline.
This includes work that we need to complete and issues that need to be addressed in the preparation of the Environmental Review Document.
The ESD for this assessment can be viewed on EPA’s website.
We will continue to operate our mining activities under an exemption granted by the WA Government while the EPA completes its assessment.
Find out more about the exemption.
Transitioning our future mine approvals
We are committed to working with the WA Government to modernise our State Agreements and the approvals framework for our bauxite mines and alumina refineries in the State.
This includes moving all proposed new major mining regions to the more contemporary EPA assessment and approvals process. We started this process in 2020 when we referred our next proposed mine regions – Myara North and Holyoake – for EPA assessment, and this assessment is continuing.
Further information about this project can be found on our website.
We are committed to working with the EPA and other stakeholders to ensure thorough and timely environmental impact assessments of our current and future bauxite mining in Western Australia.
