Western Trade Coast/Kwinana Hub

Overview

The Western Trade Coast covers an area of 3,900 hectares between Munster and Rockingham, and includes the Kwinana-Rockingham Strategic Industrial Area, the Australian Marine Complex and the Latitude 32 Industry Zone.

The Western Trade Coast is an active industrial precinct, with diverse synergies within and among its industrial areas, and includes deep-water bulk port facilities, road and rail networks, water, power and gas utilities.  The Western Australian Government has announced an initiative to transform the Western Trade Coast into a global advanced industries hub with a focus around the target industries of renewable hydrogen, future facing minerals processing and shipbuilding and sustainment.

A significant locus of the region is the Kwinana-Rockingham Strategic Industrial Area, a centre of heavy industry development in Western Australia. The Industrial Area currently includes minerals refineries (alumina, nickel), chemical plants, cement works, power stations, a range of supporting industries (construction, fabrication, engineering, etc.) as well as several major bulk jetties along its coast outline.

Funding

In November 2023, the Australian Government announced that the H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub, a project led by bp, was progressing to the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) stage and supported by AUD$70 million as part of the Commonwealth Government’s Regional Hydrogen Hubs program.

Projects

The geographic location of Western Australian projects listed in HyResource can be viewed on the HyResource projects map.

 

Reviewed: June 2025