ENVIRONMENT Minister Donna Faragher has approved Magellan Metals’ health and safety plans which the company was ordered to prepare under stringent environmental conditions Faragher set in February 2008.
As a result, the company has been allowed to resume lead exports from its Wiluna mine in the north-west Goldfields, through the port of Fremantle.
Faragher approved several health, hygiene and environmental management and monitoring and emergency response plans.
The Minister says she is satisfied the plans meet the Ministerial conditions- the most stringent placed on a proposal of this kind.
The Minister says the health and safety of the Western Australian community was the top priority of the Liberal-National Government and this was reflected in the Ministerial conditions.
Importantly, all transport of lead concentrate will cease should Magellan’s lead be detected in the environment along the transport route.
Magellan Metals will only be allowed to transport lead carbonate in double laminated and sieve-proof bags. After being sealed, each and every bag will be inspected by an independent auditor, then placed in containers at the mine site.
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