A multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara has been given approval by the State’s Environmental Protection Authority.
The port at Cape Preston East, 60km south-west of Dampier, will use a new method to transfer iron ore from shore to ship, removing the need for dredging.
Self-powered barges will move iron ore produced by proponent Iron Ore Holdings to a large transhipment vessel moored about 18km offshore, The West Australian reported.
The EPA imposed eight recommended conditions.
The proposal will now be handed to WA Environment Minister Albert Jacob.
The EPA also recommended for conditional approval a new commercial algae farm near Karratha, proposed by Aurora Algae Pty Ltd.
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