Data as at 18 October 2026 · from Western Australian Government registers and open data

Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Eneabba / Iluka

Eneabba / Iluka is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Iluka Rare Earths Pty Ltd 100%, on 16 current tenements held by ILUKA ENEABBA PTY LTD; ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED; RENISON LIMITED; WESTERN TITANIUM LTD. Commodities: Coal, Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile.

MINEDEX project: J00514
Stage: Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX): Iluka Rare Earths Pty Ltd 100%
Tenement holders: ILUKA ENEABBA PTY LTD
ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED
RENISON LIMITED
WESTERN TITANIUM LTD
Parent groups: Iluka Resources
Commodities: Coal, Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile
Rehabilitation liability: Its rehabilitation liability is in the MCF Mining Index (subscribers): the Mining Rehabilitation Fund estimate, its trend since 2014, company provisions and closure-plan costs

Resources and reserves

Commodity	Resources	Reserves	Latest estimate
Zircon	28 Mt at 11.3%, 3.2 Mt contained	13 Mt at 8.4%, 1.1 Mt contained	20 February 2018
Rutile	28 Mt at 7.3%, 2.1 Mt contained	13 Mt at 4.0%, 504 kt contained	20 February 2018
Heavy minerals	28 Mt at 100.0%, 28.1 Mt contained	13 Mt at 100.0%, 12.6 Mt contained	20 February 2018
Ilmenite	28 Mt at 46.3%, 13.0 Mt contained	13 Mt at 60.0%, 7.6 Mt contained	20 February 2018

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

Production recorded in MINEDEX

Commodity	Latest year	That year	All recorded
Ilmenite	1994	53 kt	2.6 Mt
Zircon	1994	93 kt	1.7 Mt
Ilmenite for synthetic rutile feedstock	1998	86 kt	1.2 Mt
Rutile	1994	36 kt	997 kt
Monazite	1994	105 t	7,238 t

Historical: the bulk extract's production records end in 2002.

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 81 Eneabba West Mineral Sands Project

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 70/492 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	6 May 2032	Coal, Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	420
M 70/683 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	708
M 70/684 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	834
M 70/685 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	502
M 70/686 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	527
M 70/687 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	393
M 70/688 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	750
M 70/689 Mining lease	WESTERN TITANIUM LTD	Granted	10 August 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	760
M 70/821 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	20 February 2036	Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile	33
M 70/870 Mining lease	RENISON LIMITED	Granted	12 June 2037	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	351
M 70/879 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	24 January 2047	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	196
M 70/984 Mining lease	RENISON LIMITED	Granted	2 September 2039	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	616
M 70/1039 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	21 September 2041	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	333
M 70/1061 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Application		Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	427
M 267SA Mining lease (State Agreement)	ILUKA ENEABBA PTY LTD	Granted	30 January 2052	Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, Heavy mineral sands	21,868
E 70/953 Exploration licence	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	6 November 1999	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	427