Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group
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The Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, spearheaded by BHP Billiton, are proposing to construct a 66 million tonne per year new Coal Export Terminal at Newcastle Harbour, already the biggest coal port in the world at 80 million tonnes per year.
[edit] Members of the NCIG
- BHP Billiton
- Centennial Coal
- Donaldson Coal
- Excel Coal
- Whitehaven Coal Mining
- Felix Resources
- Port Waratah Coal Services
[edit] Effects of the project
The NCIG has made it clear that the CET proposal is an integral part of plans to open up the Gunnedah Basin to coal mining. (ABC article)
