Paradise South phosphate project

Project summary

Paradise Phosphate Pty Ltd (Paradise)—formerly Legend International Holdings, Inc.—proposes development of the Paradise South Phosphate Mine. The open-cut pit mine would extract up to seven million tonnes a year of run-of-mine (ROM) phosphate bearing ore. The mine site (mining lease application (MLA) 90197) is located 135 km north-west of Mount Isa. The expected life of the project would be 21 years at maximum production rates. The project includes a beneficiation plant. Concentrated phosphate product from the plant would be transported by slurry pipeline to Mount Isa, after which it would be dried and transported by rail to the Port of Townsville for export. Concentrated phosphate ore may also be transported by road to Mount Isa.

Queensland assessment process

Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Queensland)

The process for the assessment of this project is as follows:

  1. Submission of draft TOR
  2. Public notification of draft TOR
  3. Final TOR issued—EIS in preparation
  4. Public notification of EIS
  5. Proponent responds to submissions
  6. EIS assessment report

The EIS assessment report was issued to the proponent on 27 August 2012. The EIS process under Chapter 3, Part 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 has now been completed.

Further information

Copies of publicly available documents can be obtained by accessing the links below:

Current documents

Superseded documents

For further information about the EIS process for the Paradise South Phosphate Project, please contact the EIS Coordinator.