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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 336 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 April 2022 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

ESPERANCE PORT — IRON ORE EXPORTS

336. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Ports:

I refer to question without notice 281.

(1) As at 28 February 2022, how many wet tonnes of iron ore have been shipped since the commencement date?

(2) When does the Southern Ports Authority expect 30 million wet tonnes of iron ore to be shipped?

(3) Have negotiations commenced for renewal of the agreements set out in l(b) to (i) in the minister's answer?

(4) In respect of those negotiations —

(a) has the Southern Ports Authority undertaken the relevant due diligence processes as set out in the minister's response to question without notice 257; and

(b) have those negotiations taken into consideration other potential iron ore exporters through the port of Esperance?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) An amount of 24.071 million tonnes has been exported from the commencement date until 28 February 2022.

(2) In December 2022.

(3) Yes.

(4) Discussions are ongoing with current and potential iron ore exporters through the port of Esperance.