The Australian Port of Weipa, better known for exports of bauxite, has begun exporting a new cargo in the shape of mineral sands.
Some 70,000 tonnes of the product was exported to China aboard Dutch shipowner MUR Shipping’s 34,370-dwt African Merlin (built 2016).
Two shipments have now made their way to China in recent months, according to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corp (NQBP), which overseas activities at Port of Weipa in far North Queensland.
