Australian Bauxite reopens Bald Hill mine with its second and largest shipment of bauxite

<p>Australian Bauxite (ABx) from Sydney has completed its second and largest sale of bauxite from its Bald Hill mine, in Tasmania. They shipped 35 913 tonnes of cement-grade bauxite from Bell Bay port.<br /><br />The Bald Hill mine is the first new bauxite project in Australia in more than 35 years which reopened on August 3 five days ahead of schedule to start preparing for their third cargo for sale by 2016 end.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/ABL.jpeg" alt="News" width="1022" height="575" /><br /><br />Commenting on the successful shipping of the cargo, ABx COO Leon Hawker said, &ldquo;We have now demonstrated to all our customers that we can load and ship large tonnage cargos very efficiently from Bell Bay. It also demonstrates that our stockpiles of bauxite perform very well, having withstood the recent major floods in northern Tasmania, without degrading.&rdquo;<br /><br />ABx bauxite products will be shipped to three main market segments: metallurgical-grade bauxite for the aluminium industry, cement-grade bauxite for the cement industry and fertiliser-grade bauxite which will cater to fertiliser industry.<br /><br />The company seems tremendous shipping potential for the cement and fertilizer grade bauxite and aim to seek multi-year contracts with large players for future expansion.</p>