Australia’s Kimberley Meat Co. plans $35 million expansion
Northern WA’s only major abattoir will undergo a $35 million expansion in a bid to boost its processing capacity by 60 per cent.
It comes just six months after Kimberley Meat Company (KMC) reopened the facility — about 100 kilometres east of Broome — after it was mothballed in 2020.
As part of the expansion, the KMC abattoir — owned by Yeeda Pastoral Company — will extend its boning room, cold storage capacity, yard size, and add a rendering plant to the facility.
It also plans to open a butcher shop in Broome.
The expansion will allow the facility to increase its annual throughput to 85,000 head of cattle with a daily processing increase from 250 to 400 animals within the next year.
KMC chief executive David Larkin said the development would also provide pastoralists with the option to sell feeder cattle to the facility, rather than just heavier slaughter cattle.
“There are a lot of good feeder cattle that are produced in the Kimberley and we think we can add value to those, increase our numbers and give the producers another option other than live export,” he said.
By Stephanie Sinclair / ABC Kimberley
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