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      NSWGR8022 Chief Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    The chinese have just been given approval to build and operate a lead smelter at Hazelwood.  Is rail planned for both inbound and outbound materials?

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-08/gippsland-lead-smelter-approved-ahead-of-vcat-hearing/13038946

    50,000 tonnes of batteries and lead per annum into the community by road.
    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 09:38

    Last edited by NSWGR8022 on 14 Jan 2021 09:46; edited 2 times in total

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      Carnot Minister for Railways

    The chinese have just been given approval to build and operate a lead smelter at Hazelwood.  Is rail planned for both inbound and outbound materials?
    NSWGR8022
    No.  50000 tonnes isn't a lot, relatively speaking.  You would need 10x that amount to even have a Govt or business consider it for rail.  50000 tonnes is 1000 B-doubles/year.  3 per day.

    Incidentally, it's mainly a battery recycling plant.  And not popular with the locals for obvious reasons.
    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 09:45
      NSWGR8022 Chief Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    However this adds to an intermodal setup for the Hazelwood area which is looking for intermodal business and adding another 1000 B-Double trips x 2 for the return is not smart in tis day and age.
    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 09:52

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      Carnot Minister for Railways

    However this adds to an intermodal setup for the Hazelwood area which is looking for intermodal business and adding another 1000 B-Double trips x 2 for the return is not smart in tis day and age.
    NSWGR8022
    Far, far cheaper to run 3 B-double trips in Vic for such a short distance to Melb. Simple.
    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 10:11
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    Incidentally, it's mainly a battery recycling plant.  And not popular with the locals for obvious reasons.


    They're just getting rid of one of the country's dirtiest power stations, and now they're afraid of lead poisoning. I can't say that I blame them.
    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 10:29

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      gippslander Chief Commissioner

    Location: Central Gippsland, Vic
    It’s not in the Hazelwood Power Station works area, but located on the site formerly occupied by an extremely toxic coal to gas plant, which sat empty until it was remediated at huge cost by the Victorian Government in the early 2000s. The proposed battery recycling plant has apparently received an EPA works permit (a demanding process) and the Latrobe City Council planning officer report for the Council recommended approval with all the expected controls.
    The land has been zoned and used for heavy industrial purposes since the early 1960s, but the surrounding farmland to the east has been partially converted to a good quality rural residential  area in more recent years. It is an unfortunate situation but the development satisfies State development and environmental requirements.
    Posted: 15 Jan 2021 14:10
      NSWGR8022 Chief Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    With the industrial estate being created was rail considered in the design?

    How far from the rail network is the site and is intermodal transfer available?
    Posted: 15 Jan 2021 15:37
      gippslander Chief Commissioner

    Location: Central Gippsland, Vic
    With the industrial estate being created was rail considered in the design?

    How far from the rail network is the site and is intermodal transfer available?
    NSWGR8022
    The industrial area in question has never had rail capability - it is about 1km as the crow flies from the proposed Gippsland Logistics Precinct, still in development. The comparatively small quantities of batteries will presumably come from a range of supply points and would require transhipping at each end, so not contestable business.
    Posted: 15 Jan 2021 17:03
      gippslander Chief Commissioner

    Location: Central Gippsland, Vic
    With the industrial estate being created was rail considered in the design?

    How far from the rail network is the site and is intermodal transfer available?
    The industrial area in question has never had rail capability - it is about 1km as the crow flies from the proposed Gippsland Logistics Precinct, still in development. The comparatively small quantities of batteries will presumably come from a range of supply points and would require transhipping at each end, so not contestable business.
    Posted: 15 Jan 2021 17:03

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