nine mega coal mines are planned to be developed in Queensland, Australia. The building of such mines will turn the state of Queensland on its own into …
The Carmichael Coal Mine was proposed in 2010 by Adani Mining Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Adani Group from India operating as Adani Australia for its Australian projects (Adani). The group has a complex corporate …
Adani has declared it's full steam ahead for its controversial mega coal mine after the Queensland government issued the final approval needed to begin construction.
Mining giant Glencore plans to build the $1.5bn Valeria coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin two years after buying the undeveloped deposit from rival Rio Tinto.
The coal seams come close to the surface in the north-east of the basin and that is where around nine "mega" mines are proposed to dig out the coal through both open-cut and underground ...
Coalition gives priority to new coal mine as part of "economic transition", explaining why new report ranks Coalition just 11/100 on environment and energy issues.
Mining giant Glencore has partly blamed the Palaszczuk government's new controversial royalties scheme for its decision to abandon its plans to build a $2 billion …
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Two steelmaking coal mines in Central Queensland have been given the green light, bringing with them up to 130 regional jobs. State Resources minister Scott Stewart said the approval of Futura …
Nine planned "mega-mines" in the Galilee basin region of Queensland would drain the area of 1,354bn litres of water, equivalent to two-and-a-half times the volume of Sydney harbour, threatening ...
The Queensland government has approved the mega Winchester South coal mine project which environmentalists say poses unacceptable threats to the …
Adani, the mining firm that proposed Queensland's Carmichael mine in the Galilee Basin, has just been given the tick of approval for its groundwater management plan.. After years of planning and protests, this was the final obstacle in the mining company's path to construction of the mine. Adani Mining CEO, Lucas Dow, said the …
Adani's Queensland coal mine could be causing environmental harm to the nationally important Doongmabulla Springs, according to sworn statements by state Environment Department officials.
It's madness to let this deadly mega coal mine go ahead," Mr Shoebridge tweeted. Activist group the Galilee Blockade have set up a 'fighting fund' to stop the Adani project.
Glencore's Valeria thermal and metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland has a proposed lifetime of 35 years and would emit 1.39 billion tons of carbon dioxide, Move Beyond Coal said.
Also rejected was the 10 million tonnes a year Central Queensland Coal Project, which was rejected due to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage …
Today's approval of Queensland's newest metallurgical coal mine between Moranbah and Dysart will create at least 150 full-time jobs and deliver a major economic …
Australia has given the final approval for construction to begin on a controversial coal mine to be built by Indian company Adani. The mine, in Queensland's Galilee Basin, has been the subject of ...
"Even taking into account the current and proposed expansion plans of existing coal terminals and the development of the proposed Wiggins Island Coal Terminal, the projected future demand estimates for Queensland coal exports would not be fully met by these developments within their expected completion timeframes," the company said.
The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group are seeking to convince the Queensland Land Court that Whitehaven Coal's proposed mine will be a reckless contributor to climate change. Whitehaven is pushing ahead with its proposed Winchester South thermal and metallurgical coalmine, in central …
The Queensland mine - which will extract 10 million tons of coal per year - has provoked controversy in Australia at a time when the coal industry is under scrutiny for its high levels of ...
There is now nothing standing between Indian mining giant Adani and the coal buried in Queensland's Galilee Basin. By approving the Adani's groundwater management plan on June 13, the ...
The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland. It's the first coal mine Labor has approved since coming to ...
As themes emerged from the data, thematic analysis (Mills, Eurepos, & Wiebe, 2010) was used to synthesize and organize according to concepts (harms, denial, etc.) so that conclusions could be drawn regarding the harms of Adani's proposed mega coal mine in Queensland (in particular, how these harms have been denied or …
The Galilee Basin, located in the heart of Queensland, is the site of a series of proposed mega mines that could see Australias coal exports more than double within a decade. Enormous coal mines mean enormous amounts of carbon pollution and supporting infrastructure including at least one rail line and multiple massive port terminals.
The society is therefore calling for a halt to Galilee Basin mines, including the A$6.9 billion Alpha coal project and the US$4.2 billion Kevin's Corner mine which, at a production capacity of ...
An aerial view of Saraji and Peak Downs coal mines near Dysart, central Queensland. SOURCE: Lock the Gate Alliance. ... could potentially be adversely impacted by sediment build-up, the department ...
Anglo American is planning to sell its five Queensland coal mines as a single unit rather than individually, but plans to keep some technical and exploration teams in Australia after it completes ...
The plan of operations submitted to the Queensland Government last month by Adani for its Carmichael coal mine project reveals that although the "official start" has been declared, there's not a ...
"The three mega coal mines would significantly increase Australia's contribution to global climate change, producing 100 megatonnes of coal every year. That's seven times more than the amount produced by Australia's current largest coal mine and more than one and a half times Queensland's total annual emissions.
Mining giant Glencore said global uncertainty and Queensland's new royalty regime were behind its decision to pull its $2 billion Valeria coal mine in the centre of the state.