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ACTIVITIES
- Manufacture and marketing of chemicals for mining, mineral processing and industry
- Manufacture and marketing of broadacre and horticultural fertilisers
- Provider of soil and plant testing and agronomy advisory services
YEAR IN BRIEF
- Chemicals business earnings adversely impacted by planned and unplanned ammonia plant shut downs
- Fertiliser volumes reduced due to late seasonal rainfall, however, improved earnings resulted from cost containment
- Expansion of CSBP’s ammonium nitrate facility at Kwinana, Western Australia, progressing on schedule. The project will increase production capacity by 235,000 tonnes per annum
- Record production and financial contribution from Queensland Nitrates joint venture
- Divestment of chlor-alkali plant
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Capitalise on strong chemical demand from the resources sector
- Enhance fertiliser sales volumes through market focused customer offer
- Pursue market growth and product diversification opportunities
- Commission duplicate ammonium nitrate facility
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*after corporate overheads and consolidation adjustments.
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