Julia Creek Vanadium and Energy project

Project overview*

EIS statusEIS active
Description Greenfield vanadium and oil shale mine and processing plant producing 10,571 tonnes per annum of vanadium and 313 million litres per annum of transport fuel over 30 years
Proponent QEM Limited
Location/s 16 kilometres southeast of Julia Creek, North West Queensland. Map
Local government/s McKinlay Shire Council
Investment $1.096 billion
Key features
  • open-cut vanadium mine
  • mine infrastructure area, product stockpile, waste management facility and water treatment plant
  • processing plant
  • hydrolyser plant and storage
  • substation and transmission line
  • access road and internal tracks
  • off-site accommodation camp, water storage facility and pipelines, and rail infrastructure (if required)
Construction start date 2028
Jobs
  • 600 (construction)
  • 588 (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Have your say

The Coordinator-General has prepared a draft terms of reference (TOR) for the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Julia Creek Vanadium and Energy project.

The draft TOR sets out the matters QEM Limited must address when preparing the EIS.

You are invited to make comment on whether the draft TOR adequately covers all matters QEM Limited must address when preparing the EIS. The Coordinator-General will consider your comments before finalising the TOR.

Comments close on Monday, 26 May 2025.

Read and comment on the draft TOR.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

DateActivity
26 April 2025 to 26 May 2025 Draft terms of reference for EIS public consultation ( 1.1 MB)
23 December 2024 Australian Minister for the Environment and Water decided the project is a ‘controlled action’. More information

A project that has the potential to have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance is called a 'controlled action' and requires approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).

23 December 2024

Gazettal ( 246.3 KB) of ‘coordinated project’ declaration.

11 October 2024

Application, including initial advice statement ( 45.2 MB), submitted.

Further information

Read more about the EIS process.

Last updated: 24 Apr 2025