Australia’s largest grain growers cooperative and grains exporter CBH Group’s proposed facility for the import and storage of dry (granular) fertilizer products and UAN at Kwinana in Western Australia has been recommended for environmental approval by the Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority, according to a Bloomberg report. The recommendation is subject to conditions related to ground water and spill mitigation.
The Perth-based group plans to build three liquid UAN storage tanks with a total 48,000 mt capacity, and an 80,000 mt capacity dry (granular) fertilizer storage facility, adjacent to its grain terminal in the Kwinana Industrial Area (GM Oct. 16, 2020).
The so-called CBH Kwinana Fertiliser Project also involves the construction of a dedicated liquid (UAN) pipeline that will follow the alignment of the existing CBH Grain Terminal jetty, crossing the shoreline and proceeding underground to the proposed onshore facility, according to Western Australia EPA documents.
CBH currently leases storage facilities for granular fertilizer at the port, and has said consolidating into a single purpose-built facility will “dramatically” reduce the supply chain costs with savings passed on to growers.
The EPA report and recommendations will be subject to a two-week appeal period, closing June 22.