Production

Nameplate Production – Major Products

 

Metal Final Product Annual Production Commercial Use
Nickel Nickel Sulfate 15,992 t Battery metal
Cobalt Cobalt Sulfate 1,746 t Battery metal
Iron Hematite pellets suitable for sinter feed 607,395 t Steel production (ie. Furnace feed)
Aluminium 4N HPA 4,000 t Sapphire glass, LED manufacture, battery production
Magnesium Magnesium Oxide 28,856 t Refractory materials, building materials, agricultural
uses

 

Nameplate Production – Co-Products

 

Product Annual Production Commercial Use
Ammonium sulfate 45,965 dmt Agricultural use as fertiliser
Ammonium nitrate 12,532 t Agricultural use as fertiliser
Gypsum 85,113 wmt Agriculture use to treat sodic soil – typical of Burdekin agriculture region
Zinc sulfate 5,992 t Saleable to zinc refineries
Engineered landfill 353,680 wmt Saleable as a commercial engineered landfill – many areas
around Townsville are flood prone and unusable for industry

 

(L-R): Crushed ore, Ni-Co MHP, Hematite, Inert Residue for Landfill

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