WA's enviro reform delivering as promised - Minister
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Western Australia government’s resource industry environmental reform programme has already delivered mining industry efficiencies by cutting exploration application assessment times, Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion reported this week.
Marmion said that the average times for programme of work, mining proposal and native vegetation clearing permit assessments by the Department of Mines and Petroleum had decreased since the Reforming Environmental Regulation programme was introduced.
“The July 2012 introduction of online lodgment for Programme of Work-Exploration applications has cut assessment times by 40%. From an average of 45 days, we're now down to 28 days and I am confident there could be further reductions,” Marmion said.
Along with the supply of better guidance material and improved customer support, online lodgment has minimised the need for department assessors to go back to proponents to get further information, or to reject incomplete applications.
The Minister noted that since this change, the average number of days an application had to be delayed while applicants had to supply further information had dropped from 21 days in 2013 to nine days in 2015.
“These figures show that the exploration industry is now more familiar with the system and is reaping the efficiency dividends. As the department continues to phase out paper-based lodgment, processing timeframes should continue to decrease.”
Marmion said the roll-out of 'smart forms' for mining proposal and mine closure plan applications in 2016 would also see further improvements.
Comments
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Leading condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, help boost machinery lifespan and reduce catastrophic component failure through the scientific...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying,...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
