{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Port Pirie","identifier":"AU PPI","unlocode":"AU PPI","city":null,"country":"Australia","waterBody":"Spencer Gulf; Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":9.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-33.183333,"longitude":138.016667},"description":"For more than 130 years, Port Pirie has revolved around one of the world's largest multi-metals smelters, run by Nyrstar on the upper Spencer Gulf about 230 km north of Adelaide. The port mainly receives lead, zinc and silver concentrates and dispatches refined lead, silver, zinc fume, sulphuric acid and — since 2026 — antimony metal. This is an industrial bulk port rather than a container facility: there are no liner or reefer container services here. Road and rail connect the smelter to the So","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/port-pirie-port-au-ppi","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/port-pirie-port-au-ppi","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Port Pirie · (UN/LOCODE: AU PPI) · Australia · Small · 9.4 m"}