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BHP unveils Pilbara footprints

21st March 2016

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining major BHP Billiton has lodged a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of its central Pilbara iron-ore assets, giving an overview of the regional environmental footprint of the company’s current and potential iron-ore operations.

BHP’s Western Australian iron-ore asset president Edgar Basto said over the weekend that the SEA provided greater visibility of BHP’s potential environmental footprint over the next 50 to 100 years, improving the company’s ability, as well as that of government and other industry, to plan for future operations.

“It outlines where we may develop in the future so any potential impacts on the environment can be assessed and adequately managed for future generations.”

The SEA was the first of its kind in the Australian mining industry.

Basto said that despite BHP developing the SEA, the company would still be required to work with the relevant departments to ensure the necessary approvals were sought for individual projects; however, the SEA provided a glimpse into the company’s environmental plan over the long term in a more considered and complete way.

“Previously we worked through the approval process for individual projects in isolation. We can now look at how future developments may interact and think about what we need to do to manage any impacts in advance,” he added.

“It gives the company, industry, the community and regulators a more comprehensive understanding of the region, which ultimately helps everyone to more effectively manage our natural resources.

“It's about being transparent in our future plans and recognising that environmental impacts are not confined to one particular mining project and should be looked at more holistically,” Basto said.

The document would be submitted to both the federal and state government for endorsement, and would be made open for public comment on Monday.

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