Adani Australia Project

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a known backer of Adani Group's coal mine projects in his country, today came out in support of the embattled group's Chairman Gautam Adani, saying he has a lot of admiration

Billionaire Gautam Adani's coal mine in Australia, a project that's become a global emblem for opposition to fossil fuels, is preparing to begin exports after more than a decade of bitter dispute over its development.

As the Adani Group's Australian business, re-branded as Bravus, announced it had struck coal at Carmichael project in Australia, Mr Adani took to Twitter to say he could not have hoped for a better birthday gift than being able to provide affor

Billionaire Gautam Adani rejected criticism over the environmental impact of a huge coal mine planned by his company in Australia, saying renewables can't meet all of India's energy needs.

The mining company is now expected to start construction at the site within days. The State Department of Environment and Science said in a statement that it has approved the most recent version of the plan, which Adani submitted just a day ago.

Australia's Queensland state government has rejected a management plan of Indian energy giant Adani to protect the endangered black-throated finch bird population, saying the company's proposals do not meet the approval conditions for the proposed billion dollar mine project.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has strongly supported energy giant Adani's controversial 16.5 billion dollar coal mine in Queensland, saying the project has gone through extensive environmental permitting and should go ahead.

In a blow to the Adani group, the Australian government today said it would not finance a vital rail-link project that supports beleaguered Indian energy giant's 16.5 billion dollars Carmichael coal mine.

The split comes after Downer was the target of a nationwide activist campaign pressuring them to quit the $16.5-billion project in central Queensland, the ABC News reported.

The move marks the latest blow to the long-delayed Carmichael mine, which has yet to line up financing as a growing list of Australian and international banks, including three Chinese state lenders, have said they would not back the project.

Reports said around 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's Princes Park carrying placards reading 'Coal=CO2!!!' and 'Protect Our Future'.

The company has said the project, at an initial cost of $4 billion, would pay billions of dollars in royalties and taxes, create jobs and export coal to India help bring electricity to rural regions.

Adani said this week its board had deferred a final investment decision that had been expected by the end of May because the government had yet to sign off on a royalty regime.

Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, a proponent of the project, said on Friday that how much Adani will pay in royalties will be discussed at a cabinet meeting of the Centre-left government.

There are about 700,000 Aborigines in a population of 23 million in Australia, but they suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and imprisonment. Constitutional recognition of Aborigines is a complex issue in a country which previously administered its indigenous people under flora and fauna laws.

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a known backer of Adani Group's coal mine projects in his country, today came out in support of the embattled group's Chairman Gautam Adani, saying he has a lot of admiration

Billionaire Gautam Adani's coal mine in Australia, a project that's become a global emblem for opposition to fossil fuels, is preparing to begin exports after more than a decade of bitter dispute over its development.

As the Adani Group's Australian business, re-branded as Bravus, announced it had struck coal at Carmichael project in Australia, Mr Adani took to Twitter to say he could not have hoped for a better birthday gift than being able to provide affor

Billionaire Gautam Adani rejected criticism over the environmental impact of a huge coal mine planned by his company in Australia, saying renewables can't meet all of India's energy needs.

The mining company is now expected to start construction at the site within days. The State Department of Environment and Science said in a statement that it has approved the most recent version of the plan, which Adani submitted just a day ago.

Australia's Queensland state government has rejected a management plan of Indian energy giant Adani to protect the endangered black-throated finch bird population, saying the company's proposals do not meet the approval conditions for the proposed billion dollar mine project.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has strongly supported energy giant Adani's controversial 16.5 billion dollar coal mine in Queensland, saying the project has gone through extensive environmental permitting and should go ahead.

In a blow to the Adani group, the Australian government today said it would not finance a vital rail-link project that supports beleaguered Indian energy giant's 16.5 billion dollars Carmichael coal mine.

The split comes after Downer was the target of a nationwide activist campaign pressuring them to quit the $16.5-billion project in central Queensland, the ABC News reported.

The move marks the latest blow to the long-delayed Carmichael mine, which has yet to line up financing as a growing list of Australian and international banks, including three Chinese state lenders, have said they would not back the project.

Reports said around 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's Princes Park carrying placards reading 'Coal=CO2!!!' and 'Protect Our Future'.

The company has said the project, at an initial cost of $4 billion, would pay billions of dollars in royalties and taxes, create jobs and export coal to India help bring electricity to rural regions.

Adani said this week its board had deferred a final investment decision that had been expected by the end of May because the government had yet to sign off on a royalty regime.

Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, a proponent of the project, said on Friday that how much Adani will pay in royalties will be discussed at a cabinet meeting of the Centre-left government.

There are about 700,000 Aborigines in a population of 23 million in Australia, but they suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and imprisonment. Constitutional recognition of Aborigines is a complex issue in a country which previously administered its indigenous people under flora and fauna laws.