ATEC Rail Group (ARG)

ATEC Rail Group (ARG) develops and finances below-rail open access freight rail infrastructure, which is designed to connect bulk commodity assets to coastal ports for export.

With a number of freight rail and terminal infrastructure projects in its investment pipeline, ARG has the following key business interests:

• Below-rail infrastructure development and operations;
• Intermodal freight terminals;
• Specialist rail and terminal services operations (RIM); and
• Bulk port investment, management and operations.

ARG is the largest investor in freight rail infrastructure in Queensland’s Surat Basin, and continues to progress the development of freight rail corridors throughout this precinct. ARG’s investment in the Surat Basin includes:

• Lead proponent in the $1.4bn Surat Basin rail project; and
• Lead proponent in the $0.5bn Central Surat Rail (CSR) project.

ARG’s business model facilitates privately-funded investment in new freight rail infrastructure (greenfield), or upgrades/expansions to existing rail infrastructure (brownfield) projects that deliver critical freight infrastructure.

ARG’s largest shareholder is The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG), a U.S. based investment firm with in excess of US$17bn of assets under management, and which specialises in energy and minerals assets.

Established in 1997, ARG has headquarters in Brisbane and offices in Sydney and Perth.