Major Shipments Underway from Bell Bay Tasmania
Sydney, Oct 23, 2017 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Loading of the next two bauxite cargoes of bauxite producer, Australian Bauxite Limited (
ASX:ABX) (ABx) commenced at Berth 6, Bell Bay Port, Tasmania on 21st October. The ship, MV Marianna is scheduled to depart on 24th October. Ship scheduling and associated logistics in making the cargoes available have gone smoothly, with ABx delivering the two cargos weeks ahead of deadlines.
All product testing essential for safe shipment is complete with excellent results and shipper declarations have been presented as required. Product sampling during loading is being done by ABx as part of its normal quality assurance process.
Survey of the ship's draft will determine the final cargo loading. The initial 30,000 tonnes of blended Mixed Grade Bauxite (Product 04.100) plus an additional 5,000 tonnes of Cement-grade bauxite (Product 04.15) that will be carried in separate holds on the same ship. This multiple cargo operation demonstrates ABx's ability to supply customers with different specifications tailored to their needs.
Mine Site Operations
Stornoway Projects Pty Ltd carried out the specialist operations at the Bald Hill Bauxite Project mine site, including an important product assembly procedure that allows the blending of product to customer's specification. Bald Hill was the first new bauxite mine in Australia for more than 30 years.
Land Transport Arrangements
Dave Wagner & Son Pty Ltd has delivered the bauxite from the mine stockpile to port of Bell Bay ahead of schedule. Wagners transported the previous bauxite shipments and works well with all stakeholders.
Port Arrangements
QUBE Logistics at Bell Bay provides the stevedoring services and the stockpiling arrangements, in conjunction with TasPorts.
ABx considers this consistent handling to be the best way to assure the tight quality controls that ABx wishes to be known for in the market. Inspections by two customers' agents confirmed this.
Our customers appreciate that:
ABx bauxite is the best favour they can do for themselves and their cement plant.
This sale is a continuation of ABx's ongoing business, which is due to be expanded by additional purchasing from several offshore centres, subject to appropriate currency exchange rates.
Fertiliser Sales Increased
ABx's sales into the fertiliser industry have ramped up to satisfy customer demand over the summer period. This continues to be modest but valuable business supplying local industry.
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About Australian Bauxite Ltd
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) (ASX:ABX) has its first bauxite mine in Tasmania & controls the Eastern Australian Bauxite Province. ABx's 11 bauxite tenements in Queensland, New South Wales & Tasmania totalling 662 km2 are all 100% owned, unencumbered & free of third-party royalties. ABx's bauxite is gibbsite trihydrate (THA) bauxite that can be processed into alumina at low temperature.
ABx has committed a large proportion of its expenditure into Research and Development to find ways to capitalise on the main strengths of its bauxite type which is very clean, free of all deleterious elements and partitioned into layers, nodules, particles and grains of different qualities that can be separated into different product streams using physical, chemical and geophysical methods.
ABx has declared large Mineral Resources in northern NSW, southern NSW, Binjour in central QLD & in northern Tasmania.
ABx's first mine commenced at Bald Hill near Campbell Town, Tasmania in December 2014 - the first new Australian bauxite mine for more than 35 years.
ABx aspires to identify large bauxite resources in the Eastern Australian Bauxite Province and has created significant bauxite development projects in 3 states, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. Its bauxite deposits are favourably located for direct shipping of bauxite to both local and export customers.
ABx endorses best practices on agricultural land, strives to leave land and environment better than we find it. We only operate where welcomed.
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