Leichhardt’s Eramurra project proves it is worth its salt

Article by Stuart McKinnon, The West Australian

The privately owned Leichhardt Industrials has ticked another box on its path to filling a looming gap in the global supply of high-grade chemical salt.

The Resource Capital Funds-backed company this week completed a pre-feasibility study on its $280 million Eramurra salt project, 55km south-west of Karratha.

Leichhardt sees Eramurra as a 2.2 million tonnes a year producer of chemical salt, about half the scale of BCI Minerals’ proposed 4Mtpa Mardi salt project to the south-west, which will also comprise a 100,000tpa sulphate of potash component.

* Note: Key Company and Project Details have changed since the release of the article