BUSINESS REVIEW AUSTRALIA
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Blazing a Trail with Ultra-fine Product “ We produce a pellet feed concentrate , an ultrafine material of 53 microns ; it ’ s extremely fine ,” says Beckmand . An everyday item equivalent in size would be a human hair . Beckmand went on to explain the Company ’ s strategic approach to penetrating the European Market : “ There ’ s only one pelletising plant in Europe ; Tata Steel Group , Holland . So that was our target audience at the beginning of the startup . We were able to secure a long-term contract with them .”
“ What we ’ ve been doing over the last two years is trying to get acceptance of our ultrafine product into the rest of the European steel
“ When we first started we were at something around 60 percent iron content . Now , we produce a very high quality , high purity iron ore in excess of 68 percent ”
– Antony Beckmand , CEO , Managing Director
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