Logistics & Shipping

Storage and Transportation

Final products are stored in a 145,000 tonne capacity warehouse with facilities for loading onto a 2.4 km long overland conveyor, which leads to a 400m long jetty. This overland conveyor transports the product to a ship loader at the end of the jetty which loads the product onto a self-propelled product transhipment vessel, the Bronagh J. This vessel then transports the products to a deep water transhipment point 10 km offshore, where it self-discharges into customer vessels.

In August 2009, the Group purchased an additional transhipment vessel, Peg and its tug, Sofia III, which with modifications, are intended to serve as a backup to the Bronagh J.

Other Infrastructure

The Mine has other supporting infrastructure including a 170 km 110kV power transmission line, 6 MW of diesel standby generation capacity, an accommodation village, offices, laboratory, an airstrip, water supply, sewage treatment plants and roads.

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