Atlas Iron Ltd has received final environmental approval from the Western Australian Minister for Environment for the Pardoo DSO Project. The Pardoo Iron Ore Project is located 75km by road from the port of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Upgrade of the Pardoo Project to 3 million tonnes per annum and the approval for the Abydos project to operate at 3 million tonnes per annum are expected late this year.