CCL Munster Statement

10 March 2023, 

On Thursday, 1st December 2022, Cockburn Cement Limited (CCL) was found guilty in the Magistrates Court of breaching the Environmental Protection Act 1986 in relation to unreasonable emission of odour from its Munster site in 2019. CCL was also acquitted of a number of charges.

In a hearing at the Perth court yesterday, CCL was ordered to pay $290,000 in fines for the breach of the Environmental Protection Act. Now that the sentence has been handed down, CCL will consider whether to appeal the Magistrate’s decision. 

CCL is a long-term partner of the State and has a proud history of being part of the local community since 1955. As part of our commitment to seek to address concerns in the local community, CCL has been conducting engineering trials at its Munster site. CCL will provide further project updates about the engineering trials as the project progresses. 

A second prosecution relating to the summer of 2020 is currently going through pre-trial proceedings in the Magistrates Court.