Pilbara Ports Authority has failed in a bid to reinstate a condition that allowed it to exceed throughput limits specified in its environmental licence.
The air pollution condition applying to Yara Pilbara's ammonium nitrate plant on the Burrup Peninsula should be updated and tightened, Western Australia's EPA has recommended.
The Western Australian government is planning an industry-funded buyout of homes in Port Hedland's West End, to resolve longstanding complaints about dust from port operations.
Western Australia's Environment Minister Stephen Dawson has instructed the state's EPA to check whether Yara Pilbara's ammonium nitrate plant needs tighter controls on harmful emissions.