The CBH Group, Perth, said on Jan. 14 that construction has commenced at its new granular and liquid fertilizer UAN storage facility (GM Sept. 10, 2021), located adjacent to the Kwinana Grain Terminal.
“The facility will enable the expansion of our fertilizer business, which last year achieved a 47 percent increase in sales,” said CBH CEO Ben Macnamara. “This new phase of growth will see the business enter the liquid fertilizer market for the first time, and expand its granular fertilizer offering to provide consistency of supply and deliver on our strategy to reduce on-farm input costs for Western Australian grain growers.”
“We’ve seen demand for fertilizer, particularly UAN, grow exponentially in recent years, with the existing market struggling to keep pace during key times,” said CBH Head of Fertilizer David Pritchard. “This new facility will enable us to bring surety of supply to growers, and the efficiencies gained through leveraging CBH’s supply chain will be passed along to growers, bringing further competitiveness to the market.”
The development includes: a UAN ship unloading and transfer pipeline, which runs along the existing Kwinana Grain Terminal jetty; 55,000 mt of granular fertilizer storage in a new warehouse; and 32,000 mt of UAN storage in two 16,000 mt storage tanks, and administration office, landscaping, and security.
The construction schedule will see the UAN storage tanks completed first, with construction due to be completed in 2023. The facility has been designed to provide for further expansion opportunities in future, enabling the business to expand with the continually increasing grower demand.