Subscribe to RSS feedXstrata presses on with Balaclava Island proposal
Xstrata Coal has made progress on its push to make Balaclava Island between Rockhampton and Gladstone its newest Australian coal export outlet.
New direction: Xstrata submits plans for new export outlet.
The miner has submitted an initial advice statement for its Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal Project to the Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning.
It was also seeking a "significant project" declaration from the Queensland Coordinator General under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.
An independent environmental impact statement is being prepared to consider any potential environmental, social, and cultural impacts of the proposed coal export terminal.
Xstrata originally favoured Port Alma as the site for the terminal but subsequently decided that the adjacent, undeveloped Balaclava Island was the better option.
Xstrata has also submitted an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation EPBC Act referral to the federal Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
"These submissions mark the start of the environmental approvals process for the proposed coal export terminal on Balaclava Island," a company spokesman said.
"The proposed coal export terminal will involve the development of land and port infrastructure for future coal exports to Asian markets from the Bowen and Surat Basins."
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