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

Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Meckering Kaolin / Altech

Meckering Kaolin / Altech is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Altech Batteries Ltd 100%; Altech Meckering Pty Ltd; Castle Equipment Hire Pty Ltd; The Simulus Group Pty Ltd, on 1 current tenement held by ALTECH MECKERING PTY LTD. Commodities: Kaolin.

MINEDEX project: J03086
Stage: Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX): Altech Batteries Ltd 100%; Altech Meckering Pty Ltd; Castle Equipment Hire Pty Ltd; The Simulus Group Pty Ltd
Tenement holders: ALTECH MECKERING PTY LTD
Commodities: Kaolin
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
Titanium	13 Mt at 0.62%, 79 kt contained	1.22 Mt at 0.60%, 7,344 t contained	11 October 2016
Alumina	13 Mt at 29.4%, 3.7 Mt contained	1.22 Mt at 30.0%, 368 kt contained	11 October 2016
Potash - Potassium oxide equivalent (K2O)	—	1.22 Mt at 0.44%, 5,350 t contained	11 October 2016

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

Mine closure plans

Site	Operator	Latest plan approved	Plan (PDF on GeoDocs)	Closure year
Meckering Kaolin Project	Altech Chemicals Ltd	10 March 2017	Meckering Kaolin Project - Mining Proposal and Mine Closure Plan - Revised

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 70/1334 Mining lease	ALTECH MECKERING PTY LTD	Granted	18 May 2037	Kaolin	85