has anyone seen this

i hope we are being told everything


http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/public_submissions/published/files/378_minemakerslimited_SUB2.pdf


3.2.2 Impact of inadequate port capacity on Wonarah and other mining projects
Whilst Minemakers has engaged in dialogue with the Port of Darwin and been given verbal
assurances that our capacity requirements can be met by 2010, based on the numbers that
have been presented to date, we are unclear as to how the additional capacity will be
realised.

Ours is only one project and whilst we cannot speak for others, we are aware of at least two
other potential phosphate rock producers whose projects could well benefit from utilisation of
enhanced bulk cargo capacity at Darwin. These projects would bestow similar benefits to
their respective regional communities and to the State and Territory Governments, and
increase national export earnings and tax revenue.
Together with our own project, they could constitute the creation of a world standard rock
phosphate industry in Australia.

3.3 Proposed solutions for addressing the problem
Quite clearly, adequate bulk cargo capacity at the Port of Darwin is one of the critical factors
effecting the commercial and economic viability of not only the Wonarah phosphate project
but also many other highly valuable mining projects in the Northern Territory.

1 (Further details are available in Appendix 1, “Wonarah Phosphate Project” Confidential
Briefing Notes.)
Darwin Port Corporation has a 10-year infrastructure project plan to facilitate future growth in
trade volumes.

Although the Northern Territory government has already committed $59.5 million to improve
bulk ship loading productivity and expanding the hardstand at East Arm, the full cost of
developing additional berth capacity including a shiploader, conveyors and dredging is
somewhere between $150m and $220m, while the estimated cost of all of the elements of
the port corporation’s capital development program is likely to be more than $600 million
over the next five years. From the perspective of Minemakers Limited and the mining sector
as a whole, it is imperative that this development proceeds in a timely fashion.