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CBH's Mirambeena welcomes first grain

The Mirambeena site is fully operational

Alex Paull

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The site officially opened to grower receivals on Tuesday with the first load of grain, 55 tonnes of malting barley, received.

CBH General Manager of Operations David Capper said the new site offered strategically located capacity which will assist in improving harvest delivery service to growers as well as increasing export capacity in the Albany zone.

“The Albany zone has been challenged by a lack of near-to-port harvest receival capacity which, in some cases, meant growers needed to travel inland to deliver to another receival site,” Capper said.

“We’re really excited to be opening this new site and improving our service to growers in the Albany zone as part of the Network Strategy and continued pursuit of an efficient and low-cost supply chain.”

The Mirambeena site has initial capacity of 140,000 tonnes made up of two 30,000 tonne open bulk heads and four 20,000 tonne cells, with significant opportunity to increase capacity in the future.

Capper said harvest was well underway in the Albany zone and the Mirambeena site had already been an asset for grain storage.

"There is also 60,000 tonnes of emergency storage adjacent to the main site, part of which has already been filled with carry over grain,” Capper said.

“Completing the build has been challenging with the constant rain from January through to April when the bulk of the road works were scheduled to be done.”

CBH has committed to investing $750 million into its storage and handling network over the next five years as part of its Network Strategy.

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