Port of Bunbury

The Port of Bunbury is owned and operated by the Bunbury Port Authority and currently used for the export of alumina, aluminium hydroxide, mineral sands, silica sand, silicon dross, spodumene and woodchips. It is also used to import caustic soda, methanol, petroleum coke and vegetable oils.

Coal export plans
In early August 2011 Lanco Infratech, the parent company of Griffin Coal -- which owns and operates the Collie coal mines -- met with the West Australian Premier Colin Barnett. According to a report in the West Australian, the meeting was to discuss the company's "hopes to complete an expansion of Bunbury Port's inner harbour by the end of 2013 to allow it to start exporting coal to India" after a tripling of production from the Collie coal mines. (See Berth 14 coal export terminal, Bunbury for more details).

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External resources

 * Department of Mines Geological Survey, "Coal - Western Australia", Department of Mines Geological Survey, 1990.

External articles

 * Jonathan Beal, "A major transformation of Bunbury Port is planned", ABC News, November 8, 2011.