View attachment 6746754TENINDEWAAs noted elsewhere, Tenindewa is the proposed location of AVL’s vanadium pentoxide processing plant.
- So- if all goes ahead - this historic townsite
[gazetted in 1913] may see future increased population and traffic :
View attachment 6746643The EPA writes;
https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/tenindewa-vanadium-processing-facilityAustralian Vanadium Limited (AVL) propose to construct and operate a vanadium processing facility in the Midwest region, approximately 80 km east of Geraldton and 27 km west of Mullewa on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road in the City of Greater Geraldton.
The proposal will include a processing facility which includes a processing plant, evaporation ponds, support facilities, heavy and light vehicle access roads, water production bores, reverse osmosis plant and ancillary office.
The processing facility is expected to operate for at least 50 years.
The processing plant will have a maximum production rate of 13,000 tonnes of vanadium pentoxide flake per annum and approximately 1,050,000 tonnes of iron-titanium co-product.
The vanadium pentoxide will be packaged for transport to Fremantle Port for export, and the iron-titanium co-product will be bulk transported and exported via Geraldton Port.
The proposal location is on private land which is currently zoned ‘Rural’. The processing plant is within a development envelope of 838.4 ha which includes 300 ha of disturbance, with clearing of up to 5 ha of native vegetation. The haul road development envelope is 50.5 ha with 15 ha of disturbance, with clearing of up to 2 ha of native vegetation.
There are three nature reserves within 3.5 km of the project area, two of which are adjacent to the proposal.
Last year, July 2, 2024, AVL announced completion of Phase One of an OFS study had been completed following the merger between AVL and neighbour, TMT:
https://www.listcorp.com/asx/avl/au...e-of-optimised-feasibility-study-3050854.htmlThere were three ‘milestones’;
- Milestone 1–Updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) –AVL has delivered an updated MRE for the consolidated Project,showing a 39% increase in Measured and Indicated categories for the high vanadium grade domain and increased iron concentrate grades.2
- Milestone 2–Identification ofan optimallocationalong strike to commence mining–AVLhasidentifiedthe southern blocksof the Project,withhighervanadium and iron concentrate gradesand favourable weathering attributes for economic mining,as the preferred location for initialmining.3
- Milestone 3–Identification of optimal processing plant location –AVL has now completed a key trade-off study that has determined Tenindewa, near Geraldton in Western Australia, as the preferred location for the downstreamprocessing plant for the Project.
spoiler: More from that announcement
A few events since then;
On 06/08/24
https://www.listcorp.com/asx/avl/au...m-processing-site-near-geraldton-3065645.htmlView attachment 6746733View attachment 6746736On 14/08/24 some irate locals complained
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08...vanadium-processing-plant-next-door/104206080spoiler: Here’s that report
So the City of Greater Geraldton has said it supports the rezoning the property and the decision will now progress to the state development panel and minister for lands.
I don’t know where it is now but this site says the application was withdrawn?
And this one says that, in December 2023, the cost was estimated at being $450m and 400 workers would be needed for construction;
https://online.planning.wa.gov.au/d...ianVanadiumProject_DevelopmentApplication.pdfAnd back in July Infrastructure WA and the Main Roads Dept said the road is not in great condition with all the heavy haulage that’s traversing it, and that it needs $225m of works
https://www.geraldtonguardian.com.a...grades-to-geraldton-mt-magnet-road-c-15329519And then last November the level rail crossing at Tenindewa for the out of commission railway that runs past received a ‘critical upgrade’;
https://www.arcinfra.com/Newsroom/Notification-of-works-Tenindewa.
And I think others may have more information?
cheers
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