Targeting 22 million tonnes per annum of export capacity, the proposed site is adjacent to Raglan Creek and close to existing rail infrastructure and Port Alma.

According to a project fact sheet, coal will be railed to a proposed new rail spur near Raglan then transferred by an overland conveyor to barges on Raglan Creek.

These barges will then travel to the port limits of Port Alma, where “purpose built transhippers” will transfer the coal to all types of “coal export vessels” in suitable deep water.

Raglan Creek flows southwest of Balaclava Island, where Xstrata Coal has a $1 billion terminal project targeting up to 35Mtpa and first exports in 2014.

Fitzroy Terminal project coordinator Ben King told ILN the initial advice statement would be ready for submission to the Queensland government in the “next week or so”

The JV is aiming for a significant project declaration from the Queensland Coordinator General.

The JV company behind the project is called the Fitzroy Terminal Project Pty Ltd.

King said there were a number of different shareholders of this company but the main stakeholder was Brisbane-based Mitchell Group.

More information will be revealed when the IAS is made publicly available.