The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended environmental approval for iron-ore major Fortescue’s Eliwana iron-ore mine, in the Pilbara.
The Fortescue board in May last year approved the $1.27-billion Eliwana mine and rail project, which will entail a new 30-million-tonne-a-year dry ore processing facility and infrastructure and a 143-km rail line.