Port and Rail Projects

NQ Bulk Ports | Multi Cargo Facility project planned to create up to 12 berths, BHP Billiton and Hancock Coal preferred developers of coal terminals T2 and T3, and further four terminals (T4-T7) planned for development | $15b | construction from 2012 | www.nqbp.com.au

Xstrata Coal Queensland | development of a 35mtpa coal export terminal; construction proposed 2012-2014 | $1-1.5b | EIS | www.balaclavaislandcoal.com.au

QR National | rail system upgrade | $195m | under construction | www.qrnational.com.au

SunWater | dam and associated water distribution infrastructure to supply Bowen Basin resources industry and townships of Moranbah and Nebo; construction expected to start in March 2012 | $1.1b | EIS | www.sunwater.com.au

NQ Bulk Ports |preferred proponents named for development of two new coal terminals; first exports planned around 2016 | $10-$12b | planning | www.nqbp.com.au

QR National | rail expansion to support increased capacity at the Abbot Point coal terminal | $1.1b | under construction | www.qrnational.com.au

BHP Billiton MetCoal Holdings | proposal for development of a new 290km rail line and associated infrastructure | $1b-plus | EIS under way | www.bhpbilliton.com

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance | expansion to take capacity to 55mtpa | $2.5b | under construction | www.bhpbilliton.com

SunWater | proposed water infrastructure to supply the Surat Basin resources industry and Dawson-Callide region | EIS | www.sunwater.com.au

Surat Basin Rail joint venture | new 214km rail line to complete transport link from Toowoomba to Gladstone; construction to start 2012 | $1.2b | EIS complete | www.suratbasinrail.com.au

WICET consortium l new privately funded coal terminal; exports to start 2014 | $2.5b | under construction | www.wicet.com.au

QR National | development of rail facilities to support WICET | $900m | construction to start 2012 | www.qrnational.com.au