evident in coarse and fines markets post-quarter end. New sales are being contracted at higher prices than achieved in the December 2021 quarter. Fines sales accounted for approximately 80% of overall product sales during the quarter, and the fines market is, for the first time, consistently exhibiting stronger price growth momentum than the coarse market. Chinese natural graphite supply disruption, and the challenges in the shipping market severely affected Chinese inventory and restocking on natural graphite ahead of the seasonal winter production outages. And tight market conditions are expected to continue. Container shipping availability is expected to improve through this quarter with additional capacity being added and lower seasonal competition expected from the agricultural sector out of Mozambique. Ongoing China port disruption from Covid lockdowns does remain a possible challenge. So, while Syrah expect, uh, container shipping availability to improve, we've taken action to improve sales and alleviate the inventory constraint on production, and slide 14 outlines a major new logi- logistics option that we've developed to commence break bulk shipments through in the port. Uh, break bulk shipments will provide an additional export route for Syrah enabling three things, flexibility in managing inventory between Balama, Nacala, and Pemba. Secondly, significantly higher Balama product sales in inaudible solely through Nacala port at, in containers at the present. And then thirdly, higher production rates at Balama facilitating more than 15,000 tons a month of production. Our first 10,000 ton break bulk shipment fro Pemba to China is scheduled in early February, uh, and we have significant further customer demand for such shipments which have a shorter transit time, less likelihood of delay impacts of load and discharge, and, and improved payment profile. Pemba is approximately half the distance of Nacala from Balama by road, and Syrah's integrated logistics service provider is providing transpor- -port, and customer services for exports from Pemba, with additional warehousing contractors added. The combination of Nacala container shipments and Pemba break bulk is expected to materially increase export sales. Uh, and alleviate the inventory constraints previously impacting Balama production. Moving onto Vidalia on slides 15, 16, and 17, we are well progressed in the processes to facilitate a final investment decision on the Vidala initial expansion in the near term. We were very pleased in late Q4 to announce the offtake agreement executed with Tesla to supply 8,000 tons of active anode material per annum from Vidalia at the fixed for initial, for an initial term of four years. This agreement underpins Syrah's movement into the final phase of assessment for the initial Vidalia expansion, and also contains an option for and additial, additional volume supporting evaluation for the further expansion beyond the initial phase, consistent with the market growth and announcements that we've talked about. Ongoing commercial and technical interactions demonstrate strong interest from other target customers in the remaining volumes, and our future plans at Vidala, and are providing strong motivation for Syrah to assess a potential accelerated, larger expansion at Vidalia beyond the initial expansion project. Detailed engineering of the Vidalia i- initial expansion project-… detailed engineering of the Vidalia initial expansion project is 50% completed and has supported the technology, design, and operating assumptions in the bankable feasibility study from 2020. In addition, the detailed engineering and critical long lead, uh, equipment procurement completed to date is continuing to build readiness to proceed to construction subject to a final investment decision being made. With you at $79 million of capital invested to date in Vidalia's operations and project development, and the continuing development of the Vidalia team, the de-risking of <unk> entry into the downstream active anode material market continues toward the investment decision. As far as we are aware, we remain the furthest progressed of any company in the development of an ex-China vertically integrated source of natural graphite active anode material, leveraging the size, strength and operating history of Balama within established facility and customer supported initial construction at Vidalia. We're pleased to have reached this stage as supply chains are under increased scrutiny and pressure, and we expect to communicate further around FID in the new term. To conclude, on slide 18, Syrah is very positive about the period ahead via the sales growth, the constructive demand environment for anode material and Chinese supply disruption are driving strong demand and pricing for Balama products, increased shipping optionality, uh, release of inventory constraints and strong demand should facilitate increasing Balama production beyond 15,000 tons per month and enable higher sales volumes. And continuation of our FID and finances processes are seen as sweeping toward a potential FID for initial expansion in effective anode material and Vidalia in the new term. Excuse me. The current market and Syrah's progress demonstrate the unique position we occupy with the largest global integrated natural graphite operation at Balama and the most advanced option for vertically integrated supply with natural graphite active anode material outside Asia. We look forward to keeping you up to date with the company's progress. And with that, we'll move across to questions. Thank you. We'll now begin the question and answer session. If you wish to ask a question today, please press star one on your telephone, and wait for your name to be announced. If you wish to cancel your request, please press the pound inaudible key. Please note there might be a slight pause at ask question queue. Once again, it is star one and wait for your name to be announced. Thank you. Our first question comes from the line of Sole Cavernack from Creditors. Sole please ask your question. Hi, gents. Um, just a couple quick questions if I may particularly regarding just the scope for shipping improvements. I, perhaps for just for some clarity here, um, I understand, the break bulk you're refer- the, the break bulk option you're referring to, is that just the Pemba report? Or is that also an option your pursuing out in Nacala? Are you possible to just give, um, some further color on the potential scale of the volume you could be, uh, getting out of Pemba in the next six months? Sure, Sole. Uh, apologies for my, uh, lack of voice at the end there. I was, um, just recovering from, uh, being unwell last week. So, uh, we'll see how we go on, on question. Um, uh, with regard break bulk, um, certainly the, uh, initial plans that we have in place, um, are out of, uh, out of Pemba. Um, there is the possibility of, uh, break bulk operations out of Nacala. But, uh, one of the issues at Nacala at the moment is ongoing, um, uh, ongoing investment, which is part of the issue for, uh, container shipments as well. So, um, the, the initial, uh, plan is very much through Pemba. We've got good, um, uh, plans and, and setup in place, and we'll see how the first shipments go, and, and we'll provide some further guidance around potential later volumes, um, as we move ahead. Thanks, uh, perhaps then if I could, uh, probe in this way, you talk about a 10,000 ton break bulk Pemba shipment for in February. Um, the, uh, w-