
BCI Minerals awards contracts worth AUS$90 million for Mardie project in 1Q21
One of the awards includes the initial earthworks contract, which has been awarded to WBHO Infrastructure.
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One of the awards includes the initial earthworks contract, which has been awarded to WBHO Infrastructure.

The survey will involve a plane flying in straight lines at an average height of 100 m to collect geophysical information on the properties of the rocks below ground.

The two plants have earned 2020 ENERGY STAR® certification from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

The average grade of 4488 mg/L potassium (10.01kg/m3 SOP) is in line with the upper end of the previously reported Exploration Target, with a maiden Mineral Resource estimated to be delivered early next quarter.

KBR will supply the process technology license, basic engineering design package, and proprietary equipment for the ammonia plants to increase production capacity by over 30% to 2300 tpd each.

The upgraded facility in Chaplin, Saskatchewan, Canada, is expected to be complete by the end of 2023 and will produce 150 000 tpy of sulfate of potash.

Salt Lake Potash has announced the commencement of process plant commissioning at its Lake Way Project near Wiluna, Western Australia.

The plant was revamped to enhance the ammonia production capacity from its original 1360 tpd to 2100 tpd and reduce energy consumption.

The factory, which manufactures configured process pumps, agitators and high-speed turbocompressors, serves process industry customers in markets such as fertilizer, chemical processing, water treatment, biofuels, metals and mining.

The availability of green hydrogen and renewable power is expected to drive further sustainable industrialisation of the port, including production of fertilizers, green steel, chemicals, fuels, and other sustainably manufactured industrial products.

The company has released its audited consolidated IFRS financial statements for 2020 and said it has launched three projects – construction of a calcium nitrate production facility and upgrading of the Ammonia-3 unit at its Novgorod site, and construction of a nitric acid unit at its Dorogobuzh site.

The funding for its Ince manufacturing facility in Cheshire, UK, will help the company move forward with its front end engineering study to capture and store carbon dioxide from its ammonia manufacturing process.