Richmond-Julia Creek Vanadium Project

Project overview*

EIS status	EIS active
Description	Greenfield open-cut vanadium mine with a yield of up to 4.2 million tonnes per annum run of mine (ROM) ore mined over 25 years.
Proponent	Richmond Vanadium Technology Pty Ltd.
Location/s	Approximately 45 km north-west of Richmond. Map
Local government/s	Richmond Shire Council
Investment	$511.9 million
Key features	open-cut vanadium mine mine infrastructure area, onsite processing facilities, material stockpile area mine access road, internal haul roads/access tracks sewerage and water treatment plants onsite accommodation camp water storage facilities, water pipeline corridor.
Construction start date	2027
Jobs	300 (construction) 200 (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Date	Activity
Currently	Draft EIS being prepared by proponent.
2 September 2024	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 30 September 2025.
31 March 2023	Terms of reference for EIS ( 782 KB) released.
3 December 2022 to 13 January 2023	Draft terms of reference ( 965 KB) for EIS public consultation.
10 May 2022	Gazettal ( 246 KB) of ‘Coordinated project’ declaration.
24 January 2022	Australian Minister for the Environment decided the project is a ‘controlled action’. 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).
12 November 2021	Initial advice statement ( 61.6 MB), submitted.