Magellan Metals

• Compliance
• Ministerial Conditions
• Management Plans and Programs
• Licences

• Monitoring

  • Transport Route Lead Monitoring
  • Maps of Sampling Locations
• Reporting

Transport Route Lead Monitoring

Magellan Metals’ Transport Route Lead Monitoring Program responds to the Ministerial conditions of Magellan’s approval to transport sealed shipments from the company’s mine site near Wiluna to Fremantle Port. Under the approvals, lead monitoring results during transport operations must not exceed the local lead baseline ‘trigger’ levels established for the 1250 km road and rail transport route by Magellan and the State Government. Maps showing key sampling locations can be downloaded here.

Frequency of transport route lead monitoring is as described in Magellan Metals' Health, Hygiene and Environmental Monitoring Plan. Note: frequency differs for each parameter sampled. 

Explanation of the derivation of the trigger levels can be found in the Transport Route Lead Monitoring documents below. The trigger levels with which transport route lead monitoring (that is, samples taken after commencement of transport as subject to Ministerial approvals and conditions on the project) results are compared in the tables in this section are those established during baseline sampling. 

Magellan ceased transport in April 2011 and since then a full cycle of transport route monitoring has been undertaken. With agreement from the OEPA, monitoring has ceased as of 30 November 2011 and will resume once transport recommences. 

For more detail on the derivation of trigger levels see Establishment of Lead Baseline Trigger Levels