Port Augusta Fly Ash

In reply to the Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (16 February 2017).

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy): I have been advised:

Nu-Rock has not presented the government with results of independent testing of the potential application of ash from Port Augusta in manufacturing building products.

The Port Augusta ash is primarily bottom ash and has different qualities to fly ash, and is likely to have a different range of applications.

Without independent testing of the Port Augusta ash, its potential application in manufacturing building products cannot be verified.

Nu-Rock has advised the government that they are engaging with the operational Baldwin Power Station, situated outside St Louis in Illinois, USA, regarding establishing a pilot manufacturing plant.

The issue of access to and use of the ash is a matter for commercial negotiations between Nu-Rock and the site owner, Flinders Power.