❓ Hon Robin Scott questions the Minister for Mines and Petroleum regarding royalty payments by Windfield Holdings/Tianqi for lithium concentrate exports. The Minister confirms royalty assessments are conducted and the Greenbushes project was last assessed in April 2020, finding correct royalties paid.
AnsweredQoN 2964Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the newspaper article which appeared on page 47, 14 April 2020 in The West Australian newspaper titled ‘Big Lithium Let Down’, and I ask: (a) can the Minister advise how much royalties have been paid by Windfield Holdings or Tianqi to the State Government for the last five years in each of the respective years; (b) if no to (a), why not; (c) has the Department of Mines Industry and Regulation checked whether Windfield Holdings or Tianqi have paid the correct and appropriate State royalty on lithium concentrate exported from Western Australia via the marketing hub to China; and (d) if yes to (c), what specifically was done to validate and verify that the correct and appropriate royalty has been paid?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
25 June 2020
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
9 days
(a) No
(b) The Government does not release individual company royalty payments as these are dealt with in confidence between the State and the Company.
(c) Yes
(d) Royalty returns and payments made by royalty payers are routinely assessed by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. The Windfield Holdings Greenbushes project was last assessed in April 2020 and that assessment concluded that the correct royalty has been paid. The assessment process includes a cross check to industry benchmark price indices to ensure prices on which royalties are calculated are reasonable and arms-length.
(b) The Government does not release individual company royalty payments as these are dealt with in confidence between the State and the Company.
(c) Yes
(d) Royalty returns and payments made by royalty payers are routinely assessed by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. The Windfield Holdings Greenbushes project was last assessed in April 2020 and that assessment concluded that the correct royalty has been paid. The assessment process includes a cross check to industry benchmark price indices to ensure prices on which royalties are calculated are reasonable and arms-length.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.