A new Northern Territory freight corridor can be fast-tracked following approval of an environmental impact statement
December 17, 2012
A transport corridor in the Northern Territory can be fast-tracked following federal government approval of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Roper Bar iron ore project.
Western Desert Resources (WDR) announced today the government has approved the company’s EIS, allowing accelerated development of
an infrastructure and transport corridor to the export facility at Bing Bong.
According to WDR, the federal approval
is the last of
several hurdles cleared to develop the mine, including a grant of access authority for 165 kilometre haul road to the Bing Bong loading facility, and infrastructure development for the mine site and transport corridor.
The Roper Bar iron ore province covers about 1,900 square kilometres in the Northern Territory.