First bulk export for West Coast sand miners

First bulk export for West Coast sand miners
Westland Mineral Sands is exporting its first bulk shipment of heavy mineral concentrate to China via Port Nelson. (Image: WMS group)
Oliver Lewis
A West Coast mineral sands miner is about to export its first bulk shipment to customers in China.Westland Mineral Sands (WMS), a group of logistics and mining companies with extensive interests on the Coast, is due to ship 26,000 tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) to China via Port Nelson on Tuesday.Last month, the group announced it intended to apply for resource consent to operate from a second site after getting consent last year for its first mine near Cape Foulwind.As BusinessDesk reported in January, WMS had already exported...

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