Olive Downs Project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	Greenfield metallurgical coal mine with a yield of up to 15 million tonnes of product coal per annum for steel production.
Proponent	Pembroke Olive Downs Pty Ltd.
Location/s	Approximately 40 km south-east of Moranbah. Map
Local government/s	Isaac Regional Council.
Investment	$1b
Key features	open-cut metallurgical coal mine coal handling and preparation plant 18 km rail spur and on site rail loop raw water pipeline connecting to the Eungella pipeline network private access roads electricity transmission line wastewater and sewage treatment plants
Construction start date	Olive Downs South domain – 2019 Willunga domain - 2027
Jobs	500 (construction) 1000 (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Date	Activity
13 May 2019	Coordinator-General’s report on the final EIS released ( 6.7 MB)
13 May 2019	The Coordinator-General accepted the draft EIS as the final EIS.
21 March 2019	The proponent lodged a revised draft EIS.
12 December 2018	Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General.
30 November 2018	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 27 September 2019
10 September 2018 to 10 October 2018	Draft EIS public consultation Draft EIS – Executive Summary Complete draft EIS
28 June 2017	Terms of reference for EIS ( 316 KB) released
08 April 2017 to 12 May 2017	Draft terms of reference ( 778 KB) for EIS public consultation
03 March 2017	Commonwealth Minister for the Environment decided the project is a 'controlled action'.
17 February 2017	Gazettal ( 239 KB) of 'coordinated project' declaration.
24 January 2017	Project referred to Commonwealth Minister for the Environment.
20 January 2017	Application, including initial advice statement ( 6.4 MB) , submitted.