Roseby copper project
The EIS process for this project has now concluded.
Project summary
Universal Resources Limited is the proponent for the proposed Roseby Copper Project (the project). The proponent lodged a voluntary Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) application for the project, which was accepted by the department on 15 November 2004. The department is managing the assessment of the project using the EIS process set out in Part 1 of Chapter 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act).
The project is located in north-west Queensland approximately 65 kilometres north-west of Cloncurry and 90 km north-east of Mount Isa wholly within the Cloncurry Shire. The project area is within an established mining and grazing area. Mining tenure will comprise five contiguous Mining Leases (90162 to 90166) over an area of approximately 14,000 hectares.
The project is expected to have a minimum of a nine-year mine life mining approximately 20 million tonnes of ore and waste per year to produce up to 79,000 tonnes of copper concentrate annually. The ore deposits will be mined in a series of ten open cut pits using conventional earth-moving equipment and blasting.
The final products will be transported by road as copper concentrate to Mt Isa.
The EIS assessment report was issued to the proponent in July 2008, completing the EIS process under Chapter 3, Part 1 of the EP Act.
Documents
- EIS assessment report 255.1 KB) (July 2008)
- Final terms of reference 516.6 KB) (April 2005)
- Draft terms of reference 648.3 KB) (December 2004)
- Initial advice statement describing the project 2.9 MB) (November 2004)
Further information
For further information about the EIS process for the Roseby copper project, please contact the EIS Coordinator on 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or email eis@detsi.qld.gov.au.