About Iron Road
Iron Road Ltd (IRD) is 100% owner of the Central Eyre Iron Project (CEIP), an advanced, long-life iron ore mining, beneficiation and infrastructure development opportunity on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The CEIP comprises Australia’s largest magnetite Ore Reserve of 3.7Bt (~589Mt high-grade Fe concentrate) and proposes an open pit mine and processing plant near Wudinna, a 130km infrastructure corridor for slurry / process water pipelines and powerline, as well as a Cape-class deep-water port at Cape Hardy on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula.
Test work has demonstrated that the CEIP orebody is not only able to readily produce a premium sinter feed iron concentrate grading 66.6% Fe @ -106um for conventional blast furnaces, but also a DR grade iron concentrate, grading 69.7% Fe @ -53um - ideal as a feedstock for modern iron & steelmaking.
Credible green iron manufacturing opportunities at the Cape Hardy Industrial Port Precinct, producing DR grade pellets, utilising green hydrogen are supported due to the site’s proximity to the world class CEIP magnetite orebody, large scale renewable energy resources, industrial scale desalination (Northern Water) and multi-gigawatt green hydrogen / ammonia production (Amp Energy). The Company is an active participant in the South Australian Government’s Green Iron Opportunity – Expression of Interest (EOI) process.
Iron Road continues to demonstrate its commitment to South Australia having invested approximately $180 million to date in advancing the company’s asset base.
Click here for the CEIP and Cape Hardy Industrial Port Precinct (CHIPP) Summary Information and Technical Data Sheet.
Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen & Industrial Port Precinct
To view the Amp Energy Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen project website, please click here.
To view the Northern Water project website, please click here.
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EPBC Approval Received
Approval from the Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1991 was given on 9 March 2018. The approval was required in relation to the proposed Cape Hardy port only, in particular the potential of increased shipping movements in the Spencer Gulf to impact on the Southern Right Whale population. The conditions of approval can be found here.
Central Eyre Iron Project Approved - Mining Lease & Development Approval Received
Iron Road’s Mining Lease and Development applications have been approved by the SA Government with a formal announcement being made by the Premier, the Hon Jay Weatherill MP and the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, the Hon Tom Koutstantonis MP on Wednesday, 3 May 2017.
Click here to view Iron Road’s announcement to the ASX.
Click here to view the announcement from the Premier and Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy.
All documents relating to the Mining and development applications, including Government assessment reports and relevant project conditions, can be obtained from the SA Government dedicated CEIP page www.energymining.sa.gov.au/industry/minerals-and-mining/mining/major-projects-and-mining-activities/major-operating-and-approved-mines/central-eyre-iron-project