Floating terminal in Australia completed
In Australia, a division of Singapore-headquartered transhipment and logistics group Rocktree has completed the engineering and design for a new floating terminal for the Bauxite Hills Mine, which is operated by Australia’s Metro Mining Limited. Australia, Guinea and Brazil are the largest suppliers of bauxite to the seaborne market, while China is the main buyer.
The floating terminal work forms part of an updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the stage 2 expansion of the Bauxite Hills Mine, located approximately 95 km north of Weipa, Queensland, Australia. Metro Mining aims to increase bauxite exports from about 3.5 million t to 6 million t per year by 2021. Fundamental to the expansion is the optimisation of an on-water transhipment facility capable of loading bauxite on to larger vessels, increasing transhipment volumes and loading rates. (fd)