CopperString Project
Project overview*
EIS status | EIS active |
Description | A high-voltage overhead electricity transmission line connecting the North West Minerals Provence and Mount Isa to the National Electricity Market grid south of Townsville. |
Proponent | CuString Pty Ltd |
Location/s | The transmission line would run from a new sub-station at Woodstock, south of Townsville, to the Chumvale sub-station, near Cloncurry. Subject to demand, the line may extend west to Mount Isa and south to existing and potential mining operations. View map. |
Local government/s |
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Investment | $1.7 billion |
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Expected completion | 2024 |
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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Have your say
CuString Pty Ltd has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the CopperString Project.
The Coordinator-General has released the draft EIS for public and government agency submissions.
You are invited to make a submission on the draft EIS, including the project’s potential direct and indirect environmental impacts and the effectiveness of measures proposed to manage those impacts.
The Coordinator-General will consider your submission as part of the evaluation of the project’s environmental impacts.
Submissions close at 5pm on 12 February 2021.
Make a submission on the draft EIS
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
Date | Activity |
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21 December 2020 to 12 February 2021 | Draft EIS is on public consultation. |
4 September 2019 | Terms of reference for an EIS (![]() |
8 July to 2 August 2019 | Draft terms of reference (![]() |
14 May 2019 |
Delegate for the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment decided that the project is a 'controlled action'![]() |
26 April 2019 | Gazettal of 'coordinated project' declaration (![]() |
February 2019 | Initial advice statement submitted (![]() |
Last updated: Wednesday, Sep 4, 2019