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 |