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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Scott Bevan

'Are we kidding ourselves here': frustration as Port tries to break out of coal box

A bulk carrier is brought into Newcastle harbour, bound for Kooragang to load coal. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

AS he surveys the swathe of land at Mayfield that hosted the BHP steelworks for almost 85 years, Craig Carmody sees not so much dormant property but the far trickier terrain of a dream constrained.

On the bank of the Hunter River's south arm, where iron ore was once unloaded from vessels and steel products shipped out around Australia and the globe, the Port of Newcastle CEO envisions a container terminal.

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