The consortium is proposing to build the LV-NG Project which it...

The consortium is proposing to build the LV-NG Project which it claims would be a "$1bn plus coal export business" in the Latrobe Valley based on the use of a brown coal de-watering process.[

The company claims that the project could export 12 million tonnes of coal per annum "to be completed by 2014 through an investment of AU$1billion

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exergen

Exergen’s proposal to export 12 million tonnes of treated brown coal per year materialised, it would face annual shipping costs of $50 million more than its competitors exporting low-grade coal from Indonesia to India.

http://environmentvictoria.org.au/newsite/sites/default/files/useruploads/Coal%20Economics%20Report%20EcoLarge.pdf

The first cab off the rank is a proposal by a company called Exergen to export 12 million tonnes per year of brown coal to India, which is being considered by state cabinet.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/exporting-brown-coal-puts-dollars-before-the-environment-20091015-gxou.html#ixzz2jTdFZpgl

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/exporting-brown-coal-puts-dollars-before-the-environment-20091015-gxou.html

the 20 million tonne = 40 million of lignite is a massive figure blooms...even the 4+1 bucket wheels at LY running 24/7/365 couldn't get near that figure and each of those pieces of kit cost 200m++

Very big figures for a tech that doesn't have a site yet

"But, yes I do believe they were talking about 1 x 3500tph autoclave in that 2007 preso. With a diameter of between 2 & 2.5 meters from memory."


Stop believing in that is my advise blooms, do the calculations on the depth and the absolute congestion at the Inlet....you would be asking for serious trouble with the stockpiling for that baby...

Cheers of for beers