according to the wording of the original terms of the third party access agreements, it can be entirly up to the discretion of bhp and rio if other parties may use the railways.
if bhp, rio are fully utilising the whole capacity as they claim they are then this marks the death sentance of all the new pilbara iron ore wannabees.
trucking iron ore from small stranded low grade deposits hundreds of kays to a congested port is simply not a economically viable proposition even in a huge mineral boom cycle.
