HUGE ACID PLANT
Superphosphate For N.S.W. (N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) SYDNEY, April 12. One of the largest sulphuric acid plants in the world has gone into production at the Port Kembla works of Australian Fertilisers, Ltd. The general manager of the company, Mr J. G. Schroder, said the £1 million plant was the first stage of a £3.2 million programme to meet increasing demands for superphosphate in New South Wales. Superphosphate is manufactured by mixing ground phosphate rock with sulphuric acid. Mr Schroder said the new acid plant, the third unit at the company’s Port Kembla works, would produce 630 tons of acid a day. This would enable the annual production of equivalent superphosphate at Port Kembla to be increased from 300.000 tons to 400,000 tons a year.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 22
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HUGE ACID PLANT
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 22
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