As Russia's invasion of Ukraine exacerbates a global shortage of fertiliser, Australian miners want to make the country a globally preferred exporter while also creating domestic security.
His company's Korella project in Cloncurry Shire is one of four budding phosphate operations across north-west Queensland, while three other mines are in the works for the Northern Territory.
"In north-west Queensland and in particular Cloncurry, we have an opportunity to actually look at that market and create a whole new industry in Australia, where we become exporters of phosphate, instead of being an importer," Mr Randall said.At the Fertiliser Australia Conference held in Darwin last week, industry stakeholders agreed the greatest barrier to cementing the country as a significant exporter of fertiliser minerals and products was infrastructure.
"So that's something we're really proud of: Getting a better service for our miners, and the pastoralists in that part of the shire."A lot of the discourse around phosphate mining in Australia focuses on exporting. Currently, phosphate is not produced and sold domestically. "We have the raw material, land and technology to be relatively self-sufficient in fuel and fertiliser but we need investment and vision."
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