Aurizon (ASX: AZJ) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Aurizon is Australia's largest rail freight operator, providing logistics services across a vast coal rail network for various commodities.
Aurizon
Aurizon is an Australian rail freight operator transporting bulk commodities, containerised freight, and coal across national supply chains. The company provides integrated rail, road, and port logistics services, hauling metallurgical coal, thermal coal, iron ore, bauxite, alumina, base metals, grain, and industrial materials. It operates major business units including coal haulage, central Queensland rail infrastructure management, bulk commodity transport, and containerised intermodal logistics. Its primary asset is the 5,100-kilometer open-access Central Queensland Coal Network, connecting inland regional mines to major deepwater export terminals. The company employs over 6,000 workers across terminal, rail, and maintenance facilities in Australia.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Aurizon
- Coal Haulage: Heavy-haul rail transport services for metallurgical and thermal coal, connecting export mines across Queensland's coal basins and the New South Wales Hunter Valley to key export ports including Gladstone, Hay Point, Abbot Point, and Newcastle.
- Central Queensland Coal Network: Operation and maintenance of an open-access 5,100-kilometer heavy-haul rail network consisting of four major systems—Blackwater, Goonyella, Moura, and Newlands—connecting central Queensland coal mines to major export terminals.
- Bulk Commodities Logistics: Integrated rail freight, road transport, and supply chain services for dry bulk commodities including iron ore, bauxite, alumina, base metals, grain, and industrial chemicals across Western Australia, Queensland, and South Australia.
- Containerised Freight and Intermodal: Scheduled intermodal linehaul rail services, container terminal operations, and end-to-end supply chain logistics connecting major capital cities and regional freight hubs across Australia's east-west and north-south transcontinental corridors.
- Bulk Port and Terminal Services: Material handling, storage, and ship loading infrastructure at port terminals and inland freight hubs, supporting export supply chains for agricultural products, mineral concentrates, and heavy bulk materials across regional transport networks.
- Rolling Stock and Track Maintenance: Specialized engineering, maintenance, and fleet management services for locomotives, freight wagons, rail infrastructure, and track maintenance machinery, providing ongoing operational support and safety assurance across wide-gauge and narrow-gauge rail networks.
Aurizon executive team
- Mr. Andrew T. Harding MBAMD, CEO & Director
- Mr. Ed McKeiverGroup Executive of Coal
- Ms. Anna DartnellGroup Executive Bulk
- Mr. Gareth LongActing CFO & Group Executive Strategy
- Mr. David WenckHead of Legal, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
- Mark HairsineManager of Media & Communications
- Ms. Nicole Allder LLBCompany Secretary