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Queensland coal line reaches half-way point: construction of the Bauhinia Regional Rail Project...

By Hammond, Ian
Publication: International Railway Journal
Date: Sunday, May 1 2005

QUEENSLAND Rail (QR) won a $A 240 million ($US 185.5 million) contract to build the 110km heavy-haul spur line from Xstrata, a Swiss mining company. The line will connect the region's new Rolleston coal mine with the existing 1067rom-gauge rail network near Blackwater. It will necessitate doubling of up to 30km of track along the line to the port of Gladstone to cater for tonnage increases resulting from Rolleston Mine operations.

The project is noteworthy in that Xstrata chose to go to the open market for every aspect, including design, construction, management of the

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