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Inquiry continues into Iron Boomerang project

A SENATE committee is looking at the viability of a 3300km rail line between Newman in Western Australia and Moranbah in Queensland to manufacture steel slabs, with five mills at each end close to iron ore and coal mines.

 The proposed route

The proposed route

The project could revive the local steel industry, which imports more steel than it exports. Project Iron Boomerang would connect the Pilbara to the Bowen Basin for local steel production, with the...

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