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Towards Better Compaction

Processing/Chip mills
Processing facilities may be located close to the plantation or at a suitable port.

Port of Burnie (Burnie Chip Export Terminal - BCET)
Forico provides chips to the BCET from their Surrey Hills Chip Mill. Logs are processed through a
chipper and then screened to remove excess fines and oversized material to meet customer’s
specifications. Chips are stockpiled and then transported to the BCET in containerised trucks.
Forico has a Port Facilities Management Agreement with Tasports to supply the following services:

a. Woodchip receiving/unloading
b. Woodchip stacking
c. Woodchip reclaiming
d. Ship loading services
Port of Bell Bay

Two companies operate from the port of Bell Bay:

1. Reliance Forest Fibre Pty Ltd (now known as RFF) has a woodchip mill and storage area at
Bell Bay. Woodchips from their stockpile are transported by conveyor belt to the wharf and
then loaded onto the vessel.

RFF owns a eucalypt plantation of approximately 29,000 hectares and produces both
hardwood and softwood chips.

2. Artec Pty Ltd has a chip mill and chip storage area at Bell Bay. Chips from their stockpile
are transported by belt to the wharf and then loaded onto the vessel.

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