With stage one of construction completed the Mossman plant was relocated with a substantially more infastructure enabling the company to be better able to service grow and prosper at its new purpose built factory at 6 Liberty Street, Portsmith, Cairns Queensland. 

Our Operation include but are not limited to:

• The production of Biodiesel

• The production of Boiler Fuels

• Used Cooking Oil collection

• Recycling of used Engine oils and other base oils

• a Holding Company to a number of other companies and Joint Ventures

 Associated companies and ventures:

PNG Biofuels Limited

One of the earlier goals that North Queensland & Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd. wished to achieve was to look at other regions and markets that it could

expand into and grow, thus creating diversification of income stream, a model the company would replicate further down the track. The first of these, by way of mutual association and friendship by the company’s General Manager, Stephen Welsh was with a third generation family based in Papua New Guinea, KarKar Island which is located some 60 nautical miles due north of Madang, a provence of Papua New Guinea. Two brothers named Brett and Derek Middleton, who jointly run and operate a very successful family business called W M Middleton & Sons Ltd. trading as Kulili Estates since the retirement of their father, Sir John Middleton.

Kulili Estates main business activities are the ownership and operations of coconut and cocoa plantations, involving large scale copra production, trading, sales of copra and cocoa beans and virgin oil. One of the company’s main expense was the total reliance and consumption of petroleum diesel for their small ships, vehicles, tractors and power generators to run their four estates on the Island. Due to Stephens friendship with the family a feasibility study was done to establish if the production of Biodiesel from Copra was a viable option. The outcome was successful and resulted with the creation and signing of a joint venture memorandum of understanding on the 30th April 2008 between North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd. and W M Middleton & Sons Ltd. t/a Kulili Estates . Leading to the formation of PNG Biofuels Limited, a PNG registered and based company of which North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd. has a 49% holding with the remaining 51% held by W M Middleton & Sons Ltd. The Plant is located on the northern tip of KarKar Island, on Kulili Estate. By July of 2009 PNG Biofuels Ltd. was in operation employing a number of local Islanders and is headed by North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel’s Chief Fuel Manufacturer, Kevin Bolton. The coconut flesh is dried (copra) and is then crushed through Oil Expellors to achieve the coconut oil. The coconut oil is the feedstock used to manufacture biodiesel for PNG Biofuels Limited, which is then sold to Kulili Estates for consumption. As of March 2010, the company is producing 2000L of Coconut Oil / Fuel per day. A third Expellor has been ordered with the intention of increasing the production of Coconut Oil / Fuel to 3000L per day.

A major by-product of the manufacturing of Biodiesel from Copra ( Coconut ) is Copra Meal. Copra Meal is sold back on the mainland as a cattle feed supplement. PNG Biofuels Limited averages a 57% oil extraction and 35% by weight Copra Meal, the balance is water and silt. With minimal operational costs ie labour the company is able to maintain a healthy margin of profit.

PNG Biofuels Limited is currently looking to expand its current operations on neighboring Islands.

The Cairns Fatman

On the 6th March 2009, North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel Pty Ltd had successfully settled on the 100% purchase of The Cairns Fatman by way of  a mixture of shares and cash. The Cairns Fatman is integral to North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel’s operation as it is the primary supplier for used cooking oils which is the primary feedstock for the company’s biodiesel plant. When the opportunity arose to secure the main feedstock for its production of biodiesel ( used cooking oil ) the company was quick to act. The Cairns Fatman has been in operation for 32 years operating from its plant at Cook street, Portsmith, with 2 partners, one being Daniel Portefaix, who subsequently is now an integral part of the management and also a substantial shareholder in North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd., and brings with him his wealth of knowledge and experience. The principle business operation is as a service renderer whereby it renderers ( cooks ) fat and bone to produce tallow and meat meal. The company does daily collection runs picking up fat and bone from butchers etc which is then processed through its plant in Cook St. The Tallow is currently transported in iso-tanker via rail to Brisbane and the Meat Meal is transported to the Atherton tablelands for distribution and sale as a stock feed. The other sucessful part of the business is that in recent years it has established itself as a major used cooking oil collection service for Cairns and its greater regional area.

Rocky Creek Rendering Pty. Ltd

In August / September 2009, six months on from the merger with The  Cairns Fatman, Victor Byrnes, Managing Director of Byrnes Meats and its group of companies approached North Queensland & Pacific Biodiesel to investigate the synergy benefits of merging our rendering operation with the Byrnes groups Rocky Creek Abattoir Pty. Ltd. rendering operation which is located at Tolga, on the Atherton tablelands North Queensland.

After an extended period of due diligence an agreement to merge was signed and executed creating a new company called Rocky Creek Rendering Pty. Ltd. with North Queensland & Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd. having a 50% economic interest in. The merging of The Cairns Fatman rendering operation with that of Rocky Creek Abattoir’s rendering operation enables both companies to save substantial amounts of operational costs, and more importantly the synergy benefits of more than double the combined turnover. The newly formed company, Rocky Creek Rendering Pty. Ltd. has a vision to expand its rendering operation by way of obtaining other feedstocks from southern and central regional areas in the future.

Other Initiatives - Solar Power

In December 2009, North Queensland & Pacific Biodiesel Pty. Ltd. signed a installation and marketing contract with Infinity Solar for the purchase and installation of a combined 120kw Solar Powered Photovoltaic (PV) Electricity Generating Systems, at its site of 6 Liberty Street, Portsmith, Cairns Queensland. This initiative will not only provide all green power for use on the site but also generate an excess of over 85% to be exported back to the grid. As at the time of signing the contracts the principals of Infinity Solar had mentioned that the proposed combined 4 X 29.64kw systems would be the largest private commercial rooftop mount in Queensland, with North Queensland and Pacific Biodiesel pioneering green energy and making the company carbon neutral in  its footprint.