Winchester South project

Project overview*

EIS status	EIS active
Description	Greenfield open cut coal mine producing up to 11 million tonnes per annum of primarily metallurgical product coal used for steel making, for up to 28 years.
Proponent	Whitehaven WS Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitehaven Coal
Location/s	Approximately 30 km south-east of Moranbah. Map
Local government/s	Isaac Regional Council
Investment	$1 billion
Key features	open-cut primarily metallurgical coal mine mine infrastructure areas including workshops and a coal handling and preparation plant rail loop and train load out facility connecting to the Norwich Park Branch Railway private access road raw water pipeline connecting to the Eungella pipeline network electricity transmission line from the existing power network
Construction start date	2024
Jobs	500 (construction) 500 (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Date	Activity
Currently	Revised draft EIS and submissions being assessed.
2 May 2023	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 7July 2023
8 February 2023	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 8 May 2023.
21 November 2022 to 19 December 2022	Revised draft EIS public consultation. Revised draft EIS.
23 February 2022	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 6 March 2023.
3 December 2021	Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General.
4 August 2021 to 15 September 2021	Draft EIS public consultation. Draft EIS, including appendices.
26 February 2021	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 4 March 2022.
4 September 2019	Terms of reference for an EIS ( 660 KB) released.
17 and 18 July 2019	Commonwealth Minister for the Environment decided the project is a 'controlled action'. Mine site and access road Electricity transmission line Water pipeline Note: Assessment of a request to the Australian Minister for the Environment and Water to reconsider the controlled action decision under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for the Winchester South project is underway.
24 June 2019 to 19 July 2019	Public consultation period on draft terms of reference (1.2 MB).
17 April 2019	Gazettal ( 247 KB) of ‘coordinated project’ declaration.
14 February 2019	Application, including initial advice statement ( 8.8 MB), submitted.