Tracker Updates for Olympic Dam (Upper Spencer Gulf)

17 Oct 2011

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00

The project has been approved by Australia’s environment minister Tony Burke, following a review of BHP Billiton’s revised environmental impact statement, which it submitted earlier in 2011. Over 100 conditions have been applied to the project, with an emphasis on…

17 May 2011

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00

BHP Billiton has submitted a follow-up to its August 2009 EIS (environmental impact statement). The South Australian Parliamentary Committee had recommended that the location of the project be reconsidered for environmental reasons, and last year abandoned its plans to use…

16 Aug 2010

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00

BHP Billiton is preparing a follow-up to its August 2009 environmental impact statement which will argue in favour of the original siting for the project. The South Australian Parliamentary Committee had recommended that the location of the project be reconsidered…

04 Apr 2010

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00

BHP Billiton is in the process of preparing an environmental impact assessment responding to more than 4,000 public submissions received on the draft EIS which was released in August 2009. It is also considering a recommendation from the South Australian…

19 Aug 2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00

The public submissions period for the project closed on 8th August, one day after a South Australian Parliamentary Committee recommended that BHP Billiton reconsider the location of the project, given that the site is near the main breeding area of…

01 Jun 2009

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00

The government of South Australia has cancelled its investment commitment to BHP Billiton’s 74 MGD (280,090m3/d) SWRO. The government had planned to take 21 MGD (79,485m3/d) of the capacity for municipal use to replace River Murray water to the Upper…

01 May 2009

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00

A draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been released for BHP Billiton’s proposed 11-year, A$15 billion dollar mining expansion which includes a 74 MGD (280,090m3/d) SWRO plant at Point Lowly near Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula. The proposed plant’s energy…

01 Aug 2008

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00

The original study by GHD-Fichtner on behalf of BHP Billiton was expected at the end of 2007, but the project has now become part of a much larger proposal, and the pre-feasibility study for this in now not expected to…

01 May 2007

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00

GHD-Fichtner’s feasibility study is underway and a report is expected at the end of 2007. The study will investigate a proposed seawater desalination facility to support the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. Several water supply options have been examined,…

01 Feb 2007

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00

BHP Billiton has selected GHD-Fichtner to undertake a feasibility study for a desal plant to support the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. Several water supply options have been examined, with a coastal desalination plant favoured because it meets the…