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Hard coal landing: Australia scraps $9 billion port expansion

Frik Els | May 21, 2012 | 9:18 pm Energy Australia Europe Coal 

Australian Financial Review (sub required) reports the state government has scrapped plans for a A$9 billion (US$8.85 billion) coal terminal expansion after world number three miner Rio Tinto withdrew from the project at Queensland's Abbot Point, Australia in April. The...

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