Current Major Projects

Ammaroo Phosphate Project

Verdant Minerals Pty Ltd

The Ammaroo Phosphate Project is a two-stage development: Stage 1 involves a phosphate rock and extraction open cut mine at the Ammaroo deposit and a beneficiation and chemical plant complex built on the Ammaroo mining leases. Stage 2 will see the development of a value-added processing facility designed to produce granulated fertilisers for use within Australia and for export to targeted markets in Asia.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $3.5 billion and would create about 250 construction jobs and 375 ongoing jobs per annum.

Verdant Minerals Pty Ltd

NT

20 Feb 2024

20 Feb 2027

Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink)

SunCable Holdings Pty Ltd

AAPowerLink 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 $60 billion and would create about 1,750 construction jobs and 350 ongoing jobs per annum.

SunCable Holdings Pty Ltd

NT

14 July 2020

14 Jan 2024**

Renewal under assessment

AREH involves a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. The Project includes a 26-gigawatt hybrid wind and solar power plant that aims to produce at export scale while supplying industries in the Pilbara and Broome Region. 

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $30 billion and would create about 3,000 ongoing jobs per annum.

Australian Renewable Energy Hub Pty Ltd with bp Australia as operator

22 May 2024

22 May 2027

The Broken Hill Cobalt Project aims to produce high purity cobalt sulphate from a large cobalt deposit near Broken Hill, NSW, for use in the manufacture of lithium ion batteries globally. The Project also aims to produce elemental sulphur, a key ingredient in fertiliser production, to help reduce Australia’s dependence on fertiliser imports.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.56 billion and would create about 450 construction jobs and 410 ongoing jobs per annum.

Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited

Goschen Rare Earth Mineral Sands Project

VHM Limited

The Goschen Rare Earths Mineral Sands Project involves an integrated critical minerals mining and processing asset in Victoria’s Loddon Mallee Region. The Project aims to develop a combination of rare earth oxide products, mixed heavy rare earth carbonate concentrates, and zirconium and titanium minerals.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.606 billion and would create about 250 construction jobs and 400 ongoing jobs per annum.

VHM Limited

VIC

25 Mar 2021

25 Mar 2024**

Renewal under assessment

The Hawsons Iron Project aims to establish a green field magnetite mine near Broken Hill, NSW, to produce high-grade magnetite concentrate for low-emissions steel manufacturing.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.9 billion and will create about 1,200 construction jobs and 500 ongoing jobs over the 20-year operating period. 

Hawsons Iron Ltd

Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas Project (Ichthys LNG)

INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd

Phase 2 of Ichthys LNG expands on the infrastructure developed in Phase 1 to support a LNG production chain spanning the Browse Basin off the Western Australia coastline and Bladin Point in the Northern Territory. The production chain includes an offshore central processing facility and a floating production, storage and offtake facility connected to an onshore processing plant through a 890km-long gas export pipeline. Phase 2 of the Project involves modifications to these facilities and the installation of subsea infrastructure to support the drilling of additional wells. At full capacity, the Project is expected to produce 8.9 million tonnes of LNG per annum.

Phase 2 of the Project has a projected capital expenditure of $14.2 billion, and, combined with phase one, is supporting about 1,800 jobs per year over the project’s 40-year life.

INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd

The Kalgoorlie Nickel Project involves mining and processing ore into high quality cobalt and nickel Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate for use in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries globally. This would support the production of a range of emerging clean energy technologies, including electric vehicles. The Project is located 75 km north of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder mining centre, within the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.165 billion and would create about 1,500 construction jobs and 300 ongoing jobs per annum.

Ardea Resources Limited

The Murchison Project involves a green-field, power-to-ammonia project located on the Murchison House pastoral station in the mid-west region of Western Australia. The Project would use combined onshore wind and solar energy to produce green ammonia.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $15 billion and would create about 2,500 construction and 600 ongoing jobs per annum.

Murchison Renewables

The NiWest Project aims to produce high purity nickel and cobalt sulphate products from large nickel-cobalt deposits located in the West Australian Nickel belt. Once operational, the project is expected to produce 90,000 tonnes of nickel sulphate and 7,000 tonnes of cobalt sulphate annually for use in the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $1.26 billion and would create about 600 construction jobs and 438 ongoing jobs per annum.

Alliance Nickel Limited

The Siviour Battery Anode Materials Project proposes an integrated graphite mine and battery anode material operation with a mine and concentrator located in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, and a downstream purified spherical graphite manufacturing facility located in Port Adelaide. The Project would contribute to the global battery industry and electric vehicle markets.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $0.208 billion and would create about 100 construction jobs and 200 ongoing jobs per annum.

Renascor Resources Limited

8 Sept 2024**

Renewal under assessment

The Star of the South Offshore Wind Farm Project, located off the Gippsland coast of Victoria, aims to be Australia’s first offshore wind project. When fully operational, the Project is expected to supply up to 2.2 gigawatts of renewable energy to the National Electricity Market, contributing up to 20 percent of Victoria’s electricity.

The Project comprises both offshore and onshore assets, including wind turbines, substation and platforms, a network of subsea cables, underground and overhead powerlines, and modified ports.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $8.7 billion and would create about 2,280 construction jobs and 300 ongoing jobs per annum.

Star of the South Wind Farm Pty Ltd

Sunrise Battery Materials Complex

Sunrise Energy Metals Limited

The Sunrise Battery Materials Complex, located near Parkes in New South Wales, involves mining nickel and cobalt along with the rare alloying metal scandium, to produce high-purity sulphates for the rapidly expanding lithium-ion battery market. At full capacity the Project is expected to produce 25,000 of nickel and 7000 tonnes of cobalt per annum as high-purity sulphates for direct supply to battery manufacturers in Asia, Europe and America.

The Project has a projected capital expenditure of $2.609 billion and would create about 1,700 construction jobs and 380 ongoing jobs per annum.

Sunrise Energy Metals Limited