Gold Valley iron ore exporting from Bunbury port | Australian Markets

Gold Valley iron ore, a Perth-based company, have expanded their attain to Southern WA exporting from the Bunbury port for the primary time.

The resolution to begin exporting from Bunbury adopted the company additionally starting shipments from Esperance earlier this 12 months.

Gold Valley chair Yuzheng Xie stated increasing shipments to the areas could be helpful for the company.

“We were confident working with Southern Ports to export the product for the long term, knowing it would be beneficial for Gold Valley and the port,” he stated.

“This iron concentrate supplements our iron ore that we export through the Port of Esperance to our global steel manufacturer with Gold Valley currently supplying over seven countries.”

In two shipments in as many months, Gold Valley exported 93,000 tonnes of iron focus from Bunbury to China.

The first cargo from Bunbury departed on March 9 after seven days of loading the focus onto Bao Yue Ling. The second cargo adopted in April.

Southern Ports chief government officer Keith Wilks stated he was happy to have Gold Valley export from Bunbury port in addition to Esperance.

“We’re always actively seeking new and expanded trade opportunities with current and potential customers to help diversify our services and stimulate trade,” Mr Wilks stated.

“It’s fantastic to see that our partnership with Gold Valley has led to new opportunities to export through another one of our ports.

“We believe that strong regional ports contribute to strong regions, and this is the perfect example of this vision in action.”