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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1956 Apr 20 DOC CSR146 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Australian Blue Asbestos Internal Letter Addressing Current Positions on Plant Processes & Conditions - + eh rearward N. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 10,188 C.H. Broadhurst Esq Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd. PERTH : 20th April 1956 ; | a my The points raised in your letter of 15th have been discussed and additional to official letters this is the position as we see it Process Plant will for per a dry annum process in 1957 will on without The present aim have to be our present site capable of 12,000 tons assistance from the wet process plant 160 tons The present mill capacity may be taken we assume as per week and by operating an additional two shifts we 20 could get a further tons per week making a total of 180 tons per week The installation of another rod mill may provide another 20 increase or say 30 tons per week making a total of 210 tons per week or a little over 10,000 tons per annum On this basis other improvements would have to be found to bring tons per the rate up to 240 tons per week or 12,00 an0 num The proposal to extend the bins to obtain additional operating shifts for an expenditure estimated at 10,000 is therefore agreed to in principle and you may also agree to proceed with other additions such as rod wills if the cost is up to 10,000 or 12,000 Please let us have details as soon as possible however Net Process Plant Work on the vet process should continue but work on dry process must have complete precedence over the wet process and any production from the wet process is to be treated as additional to the 12,000 tons per annum which is the production target for the dry process We cannot be sure yet that the vet process will work nor can we be sure the fine fibre could be mixed with No.3 grade and still please the customers Fersonal ve Produced Asbestos lead and RicChasesaRrichdard oi wene ar sn tl wd , re ton rat ae te 1 of qd -2- -2- . . Dust Collection As we are committed to continuing with the dry process we must take further steps to control the dust emission in the mill and we are considering obtaining the services of a Company experienced in this field who would send a representative to Wittenoom to survey the plant and supply and install equipment on a contract basis Please let us know part the Wittencom workings and allowed is from the possibility on which we should like to have your comments that the exhaust mill should be blown into , the upper old to We have had some success in our factories in Sydney who dust conditions prevail in controlling air borne movement of dust by building an enclosure around the dust areas and this method may be practicable at Wittenoom With such a scheme each section of plant such as the crushing rolls the kuhit mills and Nos 2 & 3 screens and Nos 5 & 6 screens for example - would have a light sheet metal enclosure built around them with ar < access doorway and providing sufficient room between the enclosure and the plant for carrying out maintenance work These enclosures would be exhausted by dust fans : on PaO 2 SY es od ~~ ween. set Correspondence - We have considered the possibility of a set up such as that existing with the refineries in the capital { cities where all correspondence from the refineries passes through to the Branch Manager Head Office As you will be absent from Perth a good deal we think it would be preferable to leave the : arrangements regarding correspondence much as they are now except < that a copy of all correspondence from Wittenoon to Sydney and Syd to Wittenoon would be sent to you This would enable you to : comment on any matter that you think necessary and will also enable the system to operate normally your absence The principal matters now covered in correspondence between Wittenoom and Sydney concern a fibre quality and production r? b c U.A. expenditure control Staff matters It appears to us that we still need to know of all these matters in addition to receiving the 4 weekly operating report and we suggest that arrangements be left as they are until some further experience is gained . We would not want copies of correspondence between . Wittenoom and Perth unless you consider there is something which - requires our attention - 5 eae ee consider fibre As regards sales and export of are already looked after in Perth shipping change is necessary Minerals Fibres and we do not see fibre matters concerning shipments All othwerrite direct to - sales such as correspondence with correspondence correspondence with Minerals Fibres on Manville and , we should matters concerning prices continue to be directed to this - fibre No.1 & prepared No.2 approximately L.G.Hancock L.G.Hancock to offer approximately approximately 200 We wouldwould be . basis suggested of payment of 90 tons of the of spinning fibre on the irrevocable letter of credit with the contract selling be paid after acceptance tests at the remainder of 10 to price b 4, destination of the fibre allowable in the form of a claim and before contract we should like to know to what entering into a the material is to be supplied if samples and price have purchase specification We should like to know also already been submitted to / prospective buyer Copy of Mr. Hancock's letter to the you is enclose 1 ( payment We of do not see that any difficulty arises Fibres commission because territory under the Japan is not regarding included in Minerals Carters do not have a sole agreement we have with them and reserved the right to sell agency in Japan because we have direct there . 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