Australia-based iron ore producer Gindalbie Metals Limited (Gindalbie) has announced that it is currently loading its tenth shipment of hematite direct shipping ore through the Karara export terminal at Geraldton, Western Australia.
With this shipment, the total iron ore shipments from Karara export terminal in less than six weeks since the terminal began operating amount to 580,000 mt.
Gindlabie stated that it plans to start magnetite shipments from the project by late December 2012 or early January 2013. Until then, Gindalbie will use the terminal for its direct shipping ore shipments from Karara stockpiles of approximately 1.5 million mt, supplemented by ongoing direct shipping production.