ANNOUNCEMENT
Plans for the massive K+S saltworks have been cancelled. On 12 June 2025 the company announced that it would no longer pursue the development of the saltworks.
Protect Ningaloo campaigned against the project in Australia and Germany. Over 17,000 people sent email letters to WA’s environment minister expressing opposition to the project, while billboards and social media campaigns in Germany called on K+S to withdraw the project. The campaign also undertook detailed scientifically-informed analysis to scrutinise the proponent’s proposal during the environmental assessment process.
K+S has done the right thing by withdrawing its saltworks project. Exmouth Gulf is no place for industrial development. The WA and federal governments must now move swiftly to protect Exmouth Gulf for all time.