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Feb 19, 2009 12:00 AM
Coal terminals aren't places one would expect to find innovative ideas, but the design of Gladstone's new $3.5bn Wiggin's Island Coal Terminal is set to break the mould of how such a practical facility should look.
At the very heart of the initial 70m tonne per annum development is the humble dozer, replacing the normal stacker and reclaimer model used by most large terminals on the eastern Australian coast.
The dozer method would allow coal companies...
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