Eminent Australians urge Adani to discontinue coal mine project
The Dollar Business Bureau A group of eminent Australians on Thursday requested India’s Adani Enterprises Ltd. to discontinue its mega coal mine project close to the Great Barrier Reef, warning the project could damage India-Australia ties. The controversial $16 billion (Aus $21.7 billion) Carmichael mine is scheduled to commence construction this year after Australian and Queensland state governments permitted it to go ahead with the project. The project, however, still faces multiple legal challenges. Australian businessman and environmentalist Geoffrey Cousins has reportedly written a letter to Adani chairman Gautam Adani, urging him to abandon this project. Several prominent Australians including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks, former Australian Test cricket captains Greg and Ian Chappell, Australian-based British comedian Ben Elton and rock group Midnight Oil ...
Adani's coal mine project gets re-approval in Australia
Source: PTI Indian mining giant Adani's plan to build one of the world's largest coal mines got a new lease of life on Thursday after the Australian government gave its re-approval to the 16.5 billion controversy-hit project but with “strictest conditions” amid environmental concerns. Over two months after an Australian court revoked the environmental approval for the project, Environment Minister Greg Hunt signed the papers, giving Adani the re-approval with conditions imposed that take into account community issues and would ensure that the company meets the highest environmental standards. The federal court in August had revoked the original approval due to a bureaucratic bungle over two vulnerable species – the yakka skink and the ornamental snake. Stating that Adani's Carmichael Mine and ...
