Current Major Projects
Major Project StatusLast Updated: 16 April 2021
Location of projects listed below.
Blue dots represent projects currently holding Major Project Status.
Locations and distances not to scale.
Current Major Project Status projects
The following are projects that currently hold Major Project Status and are being assisted by the MPFA in completing their major Commonwealth approvals. They are shown in the above map as blue dots.
| Map legend | Project name | Project proponent | Description1 | State / Territory | Major Project Status granted | Major Project Status expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Althea Medicinal Cannabis Facility |
Althea Group Holdings Ltd |
A vertically integrated medicinal cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Victoria. Althea plans to supply its customer base in Australia and the UK from the facility. Althea has developed Althea Concierge, an online customer portal as well as an online education portal, MEDIC, which provides free online educational services on medicinal cannabis to assist in its distribution network. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.150 billion and would create approximately 200 construction jobs and 150 full-time equivalent positions. |
VIC |
12 Dec 2019 |
12 Dec 2022 |
| 2 |
Ammaroo Phosphate Project |
Verdant Minerals |
The Ammaroo Phosphate project consists of two concurrent components: a phosphate rock and extraction open cut mine at the Ammaroo deposit and a benedictional and chemical plant complex built on the Ammaroo mining leases. The project intends to export phosphoric acid to India, and targeted countries in south-east and north-east Asia through the Port of Darwin. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.5 billion and would create approximately 900 construction jobs and 250 full-time equivalent positions. |
NT |
26 Oct 2020 |
26 Oct 2023 |
| 3 |
Asian Renewable Energy Hub |
NW Interconnected Power Ltd |
The Asian Renewable Energy Hub will be a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. The project includes a 26 gigawatt hybrid wind and solar power plant that will produce at export scale, as well as supply industries in the Pilbara and Broome Region, creating new jobs and supporting economic growth over the next 50 years. The project has a projected capital expenditure $40 billion and would create approximately 3,000 jobs direct and indirect when fully operating. |
WA |
29 Sept 2020 |
29 Sept 2023 |
| 4 |
Asterion Medicinal Cannabis Project |
Asterion (Australia) Pty Ltd |
A high-tech medicinal cannabis cultivation, research and manufacturing facility. The project involves construction of a 40 hectare glasshouse to produce 20,000 plants per day at full capacity. Medicinal grade cannabis grown at the facility will be manufactured into a range of medicinal products, including single patient packs, cannabis oils, gels, salts and related products, destined solely for the medicinal market. This facility is anticipated to be the largest facility of its kind in the world. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $450 million and would create approximately 800 construction jobs and 150 ongoing jobs. |
QLD |
01 Apr 2019 |
28 Feb 2022 |
| 5 |
Australian ASEAN Power Link |
Sun Cable Pty Ltd |
The Australian ASEAN Power Link Project includes three components, a 10 gigawatt solar farm array built over 12,000 hectares in the Barkly region near Tennant Creek, battery storage facilities in Darwin and Singapore and a high voltage direct current transmission line between the solar farm and the Darwin Harbour. The project would link to Singapore’s electricity grid and have the potential to significantly expand the renewable energy and battery storage industries in Australia. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $22 billion and would create approximately 1.500 construction job and 351 ongoing jobs. |
NT |
14 July 2020 |
14 July 2023 |
| 6 |
Australian Vanadium Project |
Australian Vanadium Ltd |
Development of a new vanadium mine with on-site processing facilities for high grade vanadium pentoxide, located in mid-west Western Australia. The project will produce vanadium pentoxide for use in steel, specialty alloys and energy storage markets. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $502 million and would create approximately 500 construction jobs and 240 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
13 Aug 2019 |
13 Aug 2022 |
| 7 |
Battery Anode Material Facility |
EcoGraf Ltd |
The Battery Anode Material Facility will be a processing facility located in the Kwinana Strategic Industrial Area in south-west Western Australia to produce high purity spherical graphite for direct supply to battery anode manufacturers overseas. The Project will have staged development with a production capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum at full production. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.72 billion and would create approximately 250 construction jobs and 65 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
23 Feb 2021 |
23 Feb 2024 |
| 8 |
Beyondie Sulphate of Potash Project |
Kalium Lakes Ltd |
The Beyondie Project will produce sulphate of potash, a high yield premium fertiliser. This involves brine extraction, evaporation and on-site processing. The project aims to be Australia's first commercial potash producer and with approximately half its output expected to be supplied to the domestic market, would contribute to the resilience and security of supply of domestic potash. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $227 million and would create approximately 80 construction jobs and 50 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
13 Aug 2019 |
13 Aug 2022 |
| 9 |
Finniss Lithium Project |
Core Lithium |
The Finniss Lithium Project 25km south-west of Darwin Port, Northern Territory will consist of an open pit and underground lithium deposit, and a dense media separation processing plant. The Project will be the first Lithium plant outside Western Australia and is expected to produce 175,000 tpa of spodumene concentrate over a minimum seven year mine life. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.73 billion and would create approximately 217 construction jobs and 257 ongoing jobs. |
NT |
23 Feb 2021 |
23 Feb 2024 |
| 10 |
Goschen Zircon and Rare Earth Minerals Project |
VHM Limited |
The Goschen Zircon and Rare Earth Minerals Project will consist of a mine in Victoria and refinery in South Australia. The project will develop a combination of rare earth oxide products, mixed heavy rare earth carbonate concentrates, and zirconium and titanium minerals. The project has a capital expenditure of $0.85 billion supporting around 500 construction and 300 ongoing operation jobs. |
VIC |
25 Mar 2021 |
25 Mar 2024 |
| 11 | High Purity Alumina Project | FYI Resources Ltd | The project will develop and operate a processing plant located at Kwinana, Western Australia to produce high-purity alumina for use in growth tech applications. High purity alumina is sought after for its corrosion and scratch resistance and its ability to withstand extreme temperatures. FYI Resources’ Cadoux mine is being developed as part of this project and will provide kaolin feedstock to the processing plant. The project has a capital expenditure of $0.269 billion supporting around 200 construction and 140 ongoing operation jobs. |
WA |
25 May 2021 |
25 May 2024 |
| 12 |
Hydroganics Medicinal Cannabis Facility |
Hydroganics Pty Ltd |
Hydroganics plan to develop a medicinal cannabis cultivation and processing facility. The project will consist of approximately 10 hectares of greenhouses attached to a 5000m² Good Manufacturing Practice certified automated head house where the plant material will be processed. Hydroganics estimate that at full capacity the project will cultivate an estimated 3,630,000 plants per annum. Hydroganics plan to manufacture a range of cannabis oils to supply domestic and international markets. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $333 million and would create approximately 140 ongoing jobs and 152 construction jobs. |
QLD |
04 Oct 2019 |
04 Oct 2022 |
| 13 | Lake Disappointment Brine and Sulphate of Potash Project |
Reward Minerals Ltd | The Lake Disappointment Project involves the construction and operation of a potash mine in Newman, Western Australia. The mine is expected to extract approximately 400,000 tpa of organically certifiable Sulphate of Potash (SOP) through a process of solar evaporation of brine obtained from the playa sediments of Lake Disappointment. SOP is a premium source of potassium fertiliser (also known as potash) used for higher quality agricultural products such as fruits, vegetables, grape-vines, potatoes and flowers. The project has a capital expenditure of $0.45 billion, supporting approximately 230 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
25 May 2021 |
25 May 2024 |
| 14 |
LeafCann Group Biotech Development |
LeafCann Group Pty Ltd |
LeafCann is a vertically integrated biotech company that plans to produce high quality, pharmaceutical grade medicinal cannabis ingredients and medicines. LeafCann will build a state-of-the-art cultivation and Good Manufacturing Practice production facility with a forecast production capacity of up to 16.2 tonne per annum of whole plant extract. The project will also include the development of cultivation facilities that will be leased to independent medicinal cannabis cultivators. LeafCann have established a Registered Training Organisation to provide training and qualifications to the medicinal cannabis industry. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $350 million and would create approximately 856 construction jobs and 1,400 ongoing jobs. |
SA |
1 Dec 2019 |
1 Dec 2022 |
| 15 |
Mackay Potash Project |
Agrimin Ltd |
The Mackay Potash Project, located in regional Western Australia, near the East Pilbara town of Kiwirrkurra, is a project that will extract potash minerals from Lake Mackay. The project will involve extracting groundwater from the Lake and storing this saline water in solar evaporation ponds for the crystallisation of potash-bearing salts. The salts will be processed and refined into high purity, water soluble SOP fertiliser products to be exported out of Wyndham Port to world markets. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $545 million and would create approximately 300 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
2 May 2020 |
1 May 2023 |
| 16 |
Mardie Salt and Potash Project |
BCI Minerals |
The Mardie Salt and Potash Project, located 100km south-west of Karratha, is expected to produce more than 4 million tonnes of high purity salt and 100,000 tonnes of potash fertiliser a year. A new transhipment port within the Pilbara Port Authority controlled Cape Preston West Port area, adjacent to the Mardie project will enable exports from the facility. The project has a capital expenditure of $0.498 billion, and created approximately 450 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
14 July 2020 |
14 July 2023 |
| 17 |
Medibis Medicinal Cannabis Facility |
Medibis Pty Ltd |
Medibis are developing a high-tech and vertically integrated medicinal cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Toowoomba, Queensland. Medibis will produce highest-grade, medicinal cannabis (raw flower), as well as associated refined extracts and medicinal products for applications in the healthcare industry. All processes will be compliant with Good Agricultural and Collection Practice (GACP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Medibis will supply thousands of Australian patients through established domestic licensed providers, and will also contribute substantial export volumes to the global industry. Medibis has already established a strong international research alliance, and will provide support for approved prescribers and clinics to enhance understanding of medicinal cannabis. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.187 billion and would create approximately 386 ongoing jobs. |
QLD |
14 July 2020 |
14 July 2023 |
| 18 |
Mount Peake Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project |
TNG Ltd |
The Mount Peake Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project will include a mining operation and Beneficiation Plant north of Alice Springs and a downstream processing facility in Darwin. Forecast production of 100ktpa of titanium pigment (for paints and coatings), 6ktpa of vanadium pentoxide (for steel strengthening, alloys and vanadium redox batteries) and 500ktpa of iron oxide (for steel). The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.824 billion and would create approximately 1,200 construction jobs and 600 ongoing jobs. |
NT |
23 Feb 2021 |
23 Feb 2024 |
| 19 |
Mount Weld Rare Earths Processing Facility |
Lynas Corporation Ltd |
Mount Weld Rare Earths Processing Facility in Western Australia allows for the separation of rare earth elements from the Mount Weld Mine, which are essential elements in the development of wind turbines and electric vehicles. The project aligns with the Australian Government’s Critical Minerals Strategy. The project has a capital expenditure of $0.4 billion, and created approximately 500 construction jobs and 100 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
12 Dec 2019 |
12 Dec 2022 |
| 20 |
Nolans Rare Earths Project |
Arafura Resources Ltd |
The Nolans Project, located 135km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, is one of the world’s largest deposits of the rare earths Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr), which are essential ingredients in ultra-strong permanent magnets. Arafura plans to mine, concentrate and chemically process NdPr for use in the automotive, clean energy technology and electronic sectors. The operation also plans to produce phosphoric acid for the fertiliser industry. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.2 billion and would create approximately 500 construction jobs and 300 ongoing jobs. |
NT |
17 July 2020 |
17 July 2023 |
| 21 |
Perdaman Urea Plant |
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd |
Perdaman plans to build a domestic gas-fired urea manufacturing facility in the Karratha region of Western Australia, with an estimated world-scale production capacity of two million tonnes per annum using low emissions technology. The project aims to be Australia's first urea export project supplying growing Asia Pacific demand. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $4 billion and would create approximately 2,000 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
13 Mar 2019 |
31 Dec 2021 |
| 22 |
Project Sea Dragon |
Seafarms Group Ltd |
Project Sea Dragon aims to develop 10,000 hectares of land-based aquaculture at Legune Station in the Northern Territory, producing approximately 125,000 tonnes of Black Tiger Prawns per annum, primarily for Asian markets. The project is located across multiple sites. Genetics, breeding program and multiplication centres will be located in Darwin, NT and Exmouth, WA. A hatchery will be located in Darwin, and grow out ponds at Legune Station, NT. The feed mill harvesting and processing plant will be located at Kununurra, WA. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.5 billion and would create approximately 444 construction jobs and 1,600 ongoing jobs. |
NT/WA |
Renewed 21 Feb 2019 |
31 Dec 2021 |
| 23 |
Saint Elmo Vanadium Project |
Multicom Resources Ltd |
The project will develop an open cut mine for the production of vanadium in north west Queensland. Vanadium is a critical mineral used to manufacture batteries particularly suited to renewable energy storage. The mine will produce up to 20 kilotonnes per annum of vanadium pentoxide and operate over a 20+ year lifespan. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $399 million and would create approximately 200 construction jobs and 100 ongoing jobs. |
QLD |
28 Nov 2019 |
28 Nov 2022 |
| 24 |
Sandy Ridge Kaolin Mine and Storage Facility |
Tellus Holdings Pty Ltd |
The Sandy Ridge project, located approximately 240km northwest of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, will extract Kaolin clay mainly for the southeast Asian export market for use in ceramics. The resulting voids will then be utilised for the permanent isolation of difficult to manage waste materials (known as Controlled Wastes in WA) and low level radioactive wastes (e.g., smoke detectors) in the tectonically stable clay bed. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $61 million and would create approximately 80 construction jobs and 50 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
10 Dec 2020 |
10 Dec 2023 |
| 25 |
Shepparton Medicinal Cannabis Facility |
Cannatrek Ltd |
Shepparton Medicinal Cannabis Facility is a medicinal cannabis cultivation and manufacturing in Victoria. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.016 billion and would create approximately 200 full-time equivalent positions. |
VIC |
11 Dec 2019 |
11 Dec 2022 |
| 26 | Small Scale FLNG Vessel Deployment Project |
Transborders Energy | The Small Scale Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Vessel Deployment Project will develop a small scale FLNG vessel to enable the commercialisation of discovered but stranded offshore gas resources in Australia and overseas. Upon successful validation of the initial FLNG vessel, Transborders Energy plan to develop multiple vessels that can be used across stranded gas resources. The vessel will have a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity of approximately 1.5 million tonnes per annum. The project has a projected capital expenditure of $4.02 billion and will support approximately 150 construction jobs and 100 ongoing jobs. |
WA |
2 June 2021 |
2 June 2024 |
1Projected capital expenditure, construction jobs and ongoing jobs figures provided by project proponents.
