This statement was sent to the Australian radio Pulse Radio, 10 January 2007.
The statement was sent to the radio by Neville Heydon, Corporate Affairs Adviser. IPL refused to participate in an interview.
STATEMENT FOR PULSE RADIO 10 JANUARY 2007
Incitec Pivot is satisfied that it is not breaching international law by importing from its Moroccan supplier phosphate rock mined in the Western Sahara.
The company says it is relevant to note that the Australian Government has not prohibited the importing of resources from the region.
It has met with representatives of the Victorian branch of Australian Western Sahara Association and Kamal Fadel, the West Sahara Polisario\'s representative in Australia.
Incitec Pivot says it is continuing to watch the Western Sahara situation closely. While there are other sources, suitable phosphate rock is found only in a handful of countries and there is pressure on global supplies.
It has been importing some phosphate rock from Morocco for its single superphosphate plants at Geelong, Portland and Newcastle for 20 years.
Phosphate rock makes up 60 per cent of the 700,000 tonnes of SSP the company produces annually for use by Australian farmers.
All Australian SSP manufacturers use at least some rock from the Western Sahara.
New report: Western Sahara phosphate trade halved
The export of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara has never been lower than in 2019. This is revealed in the new WSRW report P for Plunder, published today.
WSRW to Incitec Pivot - 03.12.2019
New report on Western Sahara phosphate industry out now
Morocco shipped 1.93 million tonnes of phosphate out of occupied Western Sahara in 2018, worth an estimated $164 million, new report shows. Here is all you need to know about the volume, values, vessels and clients.
New report on contentious Western Sahara phosphate trade
Morocco shipped over 1.5 million tonnes of phosphate out of occupied Western Sahara in 2017, to the tune of over $142 million. But the number of international importers of the contentious conflict mineral is waning, WSRW's annual report shows.