Zhuhai Port expects to pour CNY 400 million into the project. It will build two unloading berths with capacities of 100,000 metric tons (mt) each, six loading berths and other supplementary infrastructure. The designed throughput totals 40 million mt. The project has a construction period of two to three years. According to authorities’ estimates, the demand for coal in Guangdong province will hit 175 million mt by 2015 and 185 million mt in 2020.

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