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Australian Blue Asbestos Limited rr. '-. ---- A00*tt9 ALL WCTTCHtf sos 4S) a a.o. 9YONCV. AUffVftALU CALK$: SUOAB. lTDIM UAMAOIH9 ACfHTS The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited 1-7 O CoHnci>L Sr.. Stoner. Auwuua MINES MILLS WfTttMOOM C04QC WISTCSM AUSTRALIA Od I The Director, Australian Blae Asbestos Ltd., No* P.72 4th March, 1999. Deer Sir, TM - PROIOCTTON. Sr42. Tour forecast of the production and stock position has confirmed our concern rather than relieved It. We do not agree that it is safe to use Saason as a base stock for supplying Fremantle in view of the past unreliability of the State shipping service* Farther ve consider that ve would be taking an _ unnecessary risk in allowing the Saason stock to get down to 100 tons with nil stock at Freasntle* Production may veil be reduced below your estimate during the next few souths because of inadequate drying and cleaning capacity and it is unlikely that your estimate can be improved on to any worth white extent. As regards Johns-Manvllls it may be that they will not be "inconvenienced* by our not supplying the full 3000 tons asked for (hiring the first half of this year* However we do not consider it a safe assumption without first getting their agreement* In any case of course ve are anxious to sell them fibre and do not wish to discourage them or give them the impression ve are unable to supply or are meeting other peoples orders rather than theirs. More particularly when ve have milling capacity available to produce the fibre* It is worth rmealling that the only reason J.M. became really interested in baying Wittenoom fibre was because Cap* did not live up to their delivery promises* tfader the circumstances ve consider you mast of necessity plan to produce at least 600 tons at Ultteooom working as economically as possible* We should like to have your assurance that the ore production programme will enable this to be done in view of the fact that ore supplies have been limiting production over recent months* Tours faithfully. pro Managing Director* C 2028