NCIG Coal Export Terminal
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Australiacoal}}NCIG coal export terminal in New South Wales, Australia was built by a consortium of coal companies known as the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group to facilitate an expansion of coal exports from Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. The terminal was inaugurated in 2010 and expanded in 2013.[1]
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Location
The terminal is located at the Port of Newcastle near the mouth of the Hunter River in Newcastle, New South Wales. NCIG's terminal is the newest of three coal export terminals at the Port of Newcastle; the other two are Carrington Coal Terminal and Kooragang Coal Terminal, both operated by Port Waratah Coal Services.
Project Details
- Owner: BHP Billiton, Peabody Energy, Yancoal, Whitehaven Coal, Banpu (Centennial Coal)
- Location: Port of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Annual Capacity (Tonnes): 66 million
- Status: Operating
- Start year: 2010
- Type: Exports
- Coal source: Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Gloucester, Gunnedah and Western Coalfields, Australia
Background
The first phase of the NCIG terminal project, capable of exporting 30 million tons of coal a year, was approved in 2007 and began commercial operations in May 2010.[2] The second phase, completed in June 2013, increased the terminal's installed capacity to 66 metric tons per annum. NCIG exports thermal, and on occassion, metallurgical coal from the Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Gloucester, Gunnedah and Western Coalfields to destinations around the world.[3]
Member companies of Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) are:[4]
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References
- ↑ "Site: Aerial View of NCIG Terminal", Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group website, accessed January 2015.
- ↑ "About the Project", Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group media release, May 3, 2010.
- ↑ "Operations", Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group website, accessed January 2015.
- ↑ Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, "About NCIG", Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group website, accessed March 2018
