The Queensland State Government has approved a revised rail route to Caval Ridge Coal Mine in central Queensland
April 12, 2012
The Queensland State Government has approved
a revised rail route to Caval Ridge Coal Mine in central Queensland.
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney announced yesterday the LNP had approved the changes to the route
that will service the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) Mine near Moranbah in the Bowen Basin.
“The change in rail route for BMA’s Caval Ridge mine near Moranbah provides a shorter, more direct route,” Seeney says.
He says the new route alignment is four kilometres away from the nearest housing and will also reduce noise impacts.
Seeney says the stringent conditions on dust control, noise and traffic that applied to the original route on BMA’s mining lease have been expanded to apply to the realigned rail spur.
Queensland Labor approved the coal mine in 2010.
First coal exports are expected by 2014.
The mine is expected to produce up to 5.5 million tonnes of coking coal annually for export markets.