Australia’s PRL restarts Ardmore phosphate mine
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Deputy Editor
World Fertilizer,
The 635 000 tpy Ardmore phosphate mine has resumed operations after Australian phosphate producer PRL Group satisfied all conditions for the takeover of local miner Centrex and its subsidiary Agriflex.
Operations at the Ardmore mine have restarted and customer shipments of phosphate product will begin before the end of 2025.
Centrex entered voluntary administration in March and PRL began a 45-day due diligence period on a potential takeover in April.
PRL has satisfied or waived all conditions for the acquisition. This included reaching a rail haulage agreement with rail operator Aurizon.
PRL will rebrand Centrex as PRL Ardmore when it completes the transaction in five days.
"Based on the work undertaken, while significant challenges remain, the Board is positive on the future growth prospects for PRL Ardmore," PRL Global Chairman David Somerville said.
Centrex shipped a record high of around 30 000 t of phosphate rock to New Zealand in December 2024 and mined over 180 000 t in July - September 2024.
Read the original article by Susannah Cornford on Argus Media.
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