Fertilizer Store (Townsville)

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Ammonium phosphate fertiliser is manufactured at Phosphate Hill, approximately 150 kilometres south of Mount Isa, from rock phosphate mined on site. The resource is estimated to contain 104 million tonnes of phosphate rock. Its’ close proximity to the surface allows for easy access using heavy earthmoving equipment in an open cut mining process. The $800 million chemical processing operation co-ordinates complex logistical and technological processes in Mount Isa, Phosphate Hill, and Townsville to produce ammonium phosphate fertiliser.

The Townsville Port facility receives and stores fertiliser by rail from Phosphate Hill and then dispatches it to local and export customers. The facility also receives and stores imported sulphur which is then railed to the company’s Mount Isa acid plant.