Winchester South project

Project overview*

EIS status	Approved with conditions
Description	Greenfield open cut coal mine producing up to 17 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of primarily metallurgical run-of-mine coal (11 Mtpa product coal) used for steel making.
Proponent	Whitehaven WS Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitehaven Coal
Location/s	Approximately 30 km south-east of Moranbah. Map
Local government/s	Isaac Regional Council
Investment	$1 billion
Key features	open-cut primarily metallurgical coal mine mine infrastructure areas including workshops and a coal handling and preparation plant rail loop and train load out facility connecting to the Norwich Park Branch Railway private access road raw water pipeline connecting to the Eungella pipeline network electricity transmission line from the existing power network
Construction start date	2026
Jobs	500 full time equivalent (FTE) construction jobs 500 FTE operational jobs

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Date	Activity
23 November 2023	Coordinator-General’s report on the EIS ( 21.6 KB) released. Supplementary documentation provided by the proponent.
7 July 2023	The Coordinator-General accepted the draft EIS and the revised draft EIS as the final EIS. Final EIS, including appendices.
2 May 2023	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 7July 2023
8 February 2023	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 8 May 2023.
21 November 2022 to 19 December 2022	Revised draft EIS public consultation. Revised draft EIS.
23 February 2022	The Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 6 March 2023.
3 December 2021	Additional information for the EIS requested by the Coordinator-General.
4 August 2021 to 15 September 2021	Draft EIS public consultation. Draft EIS, including appendices.
26 February 2021	Coordinator-General stated a new project declaration lapse date of 4 March 2022.
4 September 2019	Terms of reference for an EIS ( 660 KB) released.
17 and 18 July 2019	Australian Minister for the Environment decided the project is a 'controlled action'. Mine site and access road Electricity transmission line Water pipeline
24 June 2019 to 19 July 2019	Public consultation period on draft terms of reference (1.2 MB).
17 April 2019	Gazettal ( 247 KB) of ‘coordinated project’ declaration.
14 February 2019	Application, including initial advice statement ( 8.8 MB), submitted.