Newington Resource Group

What NRG does

Newington Resource Group sources commodities and develops projects for governments and industry across Asia.

We are one party for the whole job, from the first sample to the landed cargo, and from the feasibility study to the working plant.

For governments

Ministries and state buyers who run tenders for fertiliser, fuel and food. We bid to the specification and deliver against the award.

For industry

Manufacturers, power producers and distributors who need a steady supply at a known grade, cargo after cargo.

For partners

Producers, financiers and technology owners who join us in consortia to build plants and facilities in the region.

Sample to shipload

Sacks of rice stacked high in a warehouse

Every consignment starts as a sample: a jar of urea, a bag of rice, a litre of diesel, checked against the specification before anything is signed. It ends as a ship’s hold discharged at the right port, on the right day, with papers that clear customs the first time.

Newington Resource Group works the whole length of that line. We find the producer, agree the grade, arrange inspection, freight and insurance, and stay with the cargo until it is landed. When the job is bigger than one cargo, a plant or a facility, we form the consortium and carry it from feasibility to operation.

Port by port

Bulk, bagged or boxed, chosen to suit the cargo and the berth.

Independent surveyors at loading and at discharge.

Papers drawn up for the buyer’s customs.

How a cargo moves

From supply to projects

A urea plant in 1957, its concrete prilling tower beside the process building and a covered conveyor — Belgium’s first conventional urea plant, 1957. Plants like this turn ammonia into urea granules.

Some clients need a cargo. Others need the plant that makes one, and the partners to run it.

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Commodity supply

Fertilisers, fuels, food staples and industrial materials, sourced from qualified producers and delivered to specification.
- Spot cargoes
- Term contracts
- Government tenders
Project development

We carry plants and facilities from feasibility through finance and construction to operation.
- Feasibility
- Finance
- Delivery
Partnerships and tenders

Consortia and joint ventures formed to bid for public projects and see them through.
- Consortia
- Joint ventures
- Technology licensing
Resource recovery

Waste turned back into product, such as end-of-life tyres into oil, recovered carbon black and steel.
- Tyres
- Waste to value
- Circular supply
Trade and logistics

We manage freight, inspection, insurance, finance and documents from the loading port to discharge.
- Chartering
- Inspection
- Trade finance

What we source
and how it ships

Fertilisers

46% NUrea, granular and prilledNitrogen for rice, wheat and maizeBulk or 50 kg bags
18-46-0DAP, diammonium phosphatePhosphate and nitrogen at plantingBulk or 50 kg bags
60% K₂OMOP, muriate of potashPotassium for yield and qualityBulk or 50 kg bags
21% NAmmonium sulphateNitrogen with sulphurBulk or 50 kg bags
15-15-15NPK compoundsBlended to the buyer’s formula50 kg or 1 t bags
0-46-0TSP, triple superphosphateConcentrated phosphateBulk or 50 kg bags

Fuels and energy

API 30–45Crude oilRefinery feedstockCrude tanker
10 ppm SDiesel and gasoilTransport and power generationProduct tanker or ISO tank
Jet A-1Aviation turbine fuelAirports and airlinesProduct tanker
RON 92 / 95GasolineRoad transportProduct tanker
0.5% SVLSFO marine fuelBunkers for shippingProduct tanker
GAR 4,200+Thermal coalPower and cement kilnsBulk carrier
C3 / C4LPGCooking and industryGas carrier
C1, −162 °CLNGPower generation and industryLNG carrier

Food staples

5% brokenWhite riceLong grain, parboiled and fragrant25 or 50 kg bags
11.5% proteinMilling wheatFor flour millsBulk carrier
ICUMSA 45Refined sugarFood and beverage50 kg bags
RBDPalm oleinCooking oilFlexitank or tanker
46% proteinSoybean mealAnimal feedBulk or 50 kg bags
Grade 1Lentils and pulsesWhole and split50 kg bags

Industrial materials

HRC / rebarSteelConstruction and fabricationBreak bulk
OPC 42.5Cement and clinkerConstructionBulk or 50 kg bags
N330 / N550Carbon blackTyres, rubber and pigmentsBags on pallets
99.5%SulphurFertiliser and chemicalsBulk carrier
60/70BitumenRoad buildingDrums or bitumen tanker
Al 99.7%Aluminium ingotManufacturingContainers

1,000,000bags of 50 kg

1,924twenty-foot containers at about 26 t each

1 Supramaxas bulk, 5 holds, about 86% full

How a cargo moves

Most of our work follows the same five stages, whether the buyer is a ministry, a mill or a distributor. You deal with one team from the first specification to the last document.

Specification

We agree the product, grade, quantity, packing, delivery terms and port with you, in writing, before we go to market.

A laboratory technician working through racks of labelled sample tubes

Sourcing

We go to producers we have qualified, compare their offers and lock in price and supply.

Blue grain ship loaders at the end of a long jetty

Inspection

Independent surveyors draw samples and certify quality and quantity as the cargo is loaded.

A cargo ship moored at the loading terminal of a urea plant

Shipping

We fix the vessel or the containers, insure the cargo and follow it to the discharge port.

A bulk carrier with four deck cranes alongside a jetty

Delivery

Discharge, customs papers and a final survey at the destination, and then the file is closed.

Cargo ships at berth in the port of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta

At Asia’s doorstep

Darwin is closer to Jakarta than it is to Sydney. From the southern edge of Asia, we work north across Southeast and South Asia, where food, fuel and fertiliser supply are matters of national policy.

The atlas of 1850 drew Australia as an inset in the corner of Asia. The ports, shipping lanes and supply lines between them have only grown shorter since.