SURFACE

Mardie moving

BCI Minerals is on track to develop the first solar salt operation in Western Australia in nearly 25 years and the first to produce salt and sulphate of potash from seawater, following approval of a final investment decision for the Mardie project, on the Pilbara coast.

 Aerial view of the Mardie project

Aerial view of the Mardie project

The decision comes after BCI secured $740 million in finance for Mardie. According to an optimised feasibility study released in April, Mardie will produce 5.35 million tonnes per annum of high-purity...

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