Once completed, the Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal Project will:

• Support Queensland's economic development
• Deliver significant infrastructure investment in the region
• Provide opportunities for local businesses
• Provide opportunities for local and regional employment - peak of 800 jobs during construction, about 100 jobs during on-going operations
• Meet the future requirements of people living in a growing state.

More specifically, the project will:

• Allow for ships to export up to 35 million tonnes of coal per annum to global markets
• Alleviate congestion at existing coal terminals at Gladstone, Dalrymple Bay and Abbot Point
• Increase the volume of exports to global markets from Queensland’s Bowen and Surat Basins