Re: Possible iron smelter for Coober Pedy

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <38C58D15.BDECB0D3@omni.com.au>,
  David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote:
> The Commonwealth government has provided $1 million towards a $16.2
> million demonstration pig iron smelter at Whyalla using new Australian
> smelting technology called Ausmelt. The South Australian government
has
> also provided $1 million.
>
> If the demonstration is successful, a $1.2 billion smelter is to be
> built at Coober Pedy. The principal markets for pig iron produced
there
> would be Indonesia and South Korea, amounting to 2.4 million tonnes
per
> year at a value of $400 million.
>
> There was a discussion some time ago about the discovery of deposits
of
> coal and iron ore in the Coober Pedy area, about 50km east of the
Alice
> Springs line. If Indonesia is one of the major markets, it would make
> sense to ship the stuff from Darwin.
>
> Cheers
> David
I was hoping some operator can run tourist train service to Coober Pedy
area, the popular opal mine nearby attract lots of tourist from around
the world but disable by inconvinent transportation. Currently most
visitors either take "The Ghan" which arrives at rather inconvinent
hours, or plane which cost heaps, or driving.

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Cheers

James


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