Bauxite Hills Mine EA Amendment Application (A-EA-AMD-100727953)

Closed
30 April 2025 4.30pm
Topic
Environmental licensing and regulation
Type
Public notice and consultation
Region
Tropical North Queensland

The amendment application proposes to increase the authorised area of disturbance and amend the Figure that specified the buffer zones in which mining activities are not authorised.

Environmental Protection Act 1994
Section 152
Application notice
Bauxite Hills Mine

Resource activity: Mining activity relating to a mining lease

It is advised that Aldoga Minerals Pty Ltd and Cape Alumina Pty Ltd has lodged an application for a major amendment to an environmental authority in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The environmental authority being amended is EPML03398515.

The application relates to 227ha of land on Mining Lease (ML)20676 located approximately 30km north of Mapoon on the western coast of Cape York, Queensland. The application involves a change to the authorised disturbance boundary of a mine pit to facilitate the extraction of mineral resources at the margin of the existing authorised disturbance boundary to improve resource recovery efficiency and marginally increase total resource availability.

The resource activity is proposed to occur on the following tenure(s) and will involve:

  • ML20676, ML20688, ML20689 and ML100130
  • Resource Activity, Schedule 2A, 11: Mining bauxite.

The application documents for the project consist of the Application Form, Supporting Information Report, the Information Request Response and any appendices.

Application documents may be inspected or accessed at:

Copies of, or extracts from, the application documents may also be obtained by contacting:

  • the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation via telephone on (07) 4222 5352 or by email at ESCairns@des.qld.gov.au.

It is advised that any person may make a submission about the application documents during the submission period, which is from 29/03/2025 to 30/04/2025. Submission must be received on or before 4.30pm on the last day of the submission period. Submissions must be sent to:
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Minerals Business Centre
ESCairns@detsi.qld.gov.au

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation as administering authority shall accept all properly made submissions and may accept written submissions even if they are not properly made. A properly made submission must meet all of the following requirements:

  • be written or made electronically
  • state the name and address of each submitter
  • be made to the administering authority stated above
  • be received on or before the last day of the submission period
  • state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds.

Enquiries about the application can be made directly to: