Bue Salmon expansion launch goes off with a bang
It was blast off for the Norwegian fish farmer Bue Salmon as it launched its major new project – literally.
An explosive charge, triggered together by the local mayor Leif Jarle Espedal and Bue CEO Knut Eikeland, signalled the start of groundworks at Lutelandet, some 70km north of Bergen, on what the company describes as Norway’s largest land-based project.
Celebrating the groundworks launch.
It is only two months ago that Bue received the local municipality’s approval to begin works. The removal of soil and overburden began shortly afterwards, and with Tuesday’s blast, the blasting operations are now formally underway.
The groundworks build on the collaboration Bue entered into with the shipping and freight agency Kvantum AS last autumn, under which the parties agreed on the extraction, processing and sale of rock materials from Lutelandet to the European market.
Bue said collaboration with Kvantum AS has enabled an early start.
"The launch marked an important step forward in this collaboration,” says Knut Eikeland.
“We are now physically underway at Lutelandet. This enables Kvantum to extract the rock, process it to customer specifications and ship it onwards for sale in the international market.
“The plan is for the first vessels carrying rock to depart from the dock here within the first quarter.”
Kvantum manages the entire value chain from extraction to sale, and a significant share of the volumes is already allocated to established customers in Europe.
Founded in 2015, Bue describes itself as a company focused on large-scale, land-based salmon farming.
Bue says it aims to become a leading company in land-based aquaculture, with a long-term target of approximately 50,000–60,000 tonnes of annual production.
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