Fertilizer Plant Pickanjinnie

Project overview*

EIS status EIS inactive
Description Fertilizer plant producing granular urea, anhydrous ammonia and low-density ammonium nitrate.
Proponent Queensland Fertilizer Assets Limited
Location/s Pickanjinnie, 8 km west of Wallumbilla and 34 km east of Roma. Map
Local government/s Maranoa Regional Council
Key features
  • facility producing:
    • granular urea (350,000 tonnes per annum)
    • anhydrous ammonia (360,000 t/pa)
    • low-density ammonium nitrate (150,000 t/pa)
    • nitric acid (130,000 t/pa)
  • storage
  • cooling tower

Project on hold

The proponent has placed the project on hold.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date Activity
September 2001 Environmental impact statement released.
June 2001 Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 191 kB) released.
June 2001 Amended initial advice statement (PDF, 205 kB) submitted.
2 May 2001 Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration.
October 1997 Application, including environmental impact study, submitted.

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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.