Adani Queensland Project

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.

The Adani project which still require to clear few more approvals from the Queensland Government, including groundwater modelling, recently received the clearance from federal government for development.

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.

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.

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.

"Adani is advised that the Queensland cabinet did not consider any submission or make a decision on royalties for the Adani project today," Adani's spokesman in Australia said..

The support for the investment in Queensland comes just days after Australian cricket legends Ian and Greg Chappell and scores of other prominent Aussies urged Adani to abandon the $21.7 billion project.

Last year, the environment and heritage protection (EHP) department of the Queensland state issued the final environmental authority (EA) for Adani's Carmichael Mine project in the Galilee Basin.

The project involves dredging 1.1 million cubic metres of spoil near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which will then be disposed off on land.

Financing from the A$5 billion Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) would offer a boost to Adani after some major banks said they would not participate in the controversial coal project.

The group's Australian operations head announced an agreement with the Queensland government to hire local workers.

Adani has constructed approximately 793 MW of solar plant in India till date, including one of the world's largest solar plants in Tamil Nadu which has a capacity of 648 MW.

State Development Minister Anthony Lynham issued a statement yesterday, saying the combined mine, rail and associated water infrastructure have all been declaredcritical infrastructure and the project's special "prescribed project" status has been renewed and expanded to include its water infrastructure.

In a relief to India's energy major Adani, an Australian court on Friday dismissed a Queensland Indigenous group's application challenging the mining leases granted to its controversial 21 billion dollar Carmichael coal mine project, one of the world's largest.

Australia on Wednesday said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group's Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland. Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said that all its environmental approvals have been granted to the company a couple of months 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.

The Adani project which still require to clear few more approvals from the Queensland Government, including groundwater modelling, recently received the clearance from federal government for development.

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.

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.

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.

"Adani is advised that the Queensland cabinet did not consider any submission or make a decision on royalties for the Adani project today," Adani's spokesman in Australia said..

The support for the investment in Queensland comes just days after Australian cricket legends Ian and Greg Chappell and scores of other prominent Aussies urged Adani to abandon the $21.7 billion project.

Last year, the environment and heritage protection (EHP) department of the Queensland state issued the final environmental authority (EA) for Adani's Carmichael Mine project in the Galilee Basin.

The project involves dredging 1.1 million cubic metres of spoil near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which will then be disposed off on land.

Financing from the A$5 billion Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) would offer a boost to Adani after some major banks said they would not participate in the controversial coal project.

The group's Australian operations head announced an agreement with the Queensland government to hire local workers.

Adani has constructed approximately 793 MW of solar plant in India till date, including one of the world's largest solar plants in Tamil Nadu which has a capacity of 648 MW.

State Development Minister Anthony Lynham issued a statement yesterday, saying the combined mine, rail and associated water infrastructure have all been declaredcritical infrastructure and the project's special "prescribed project" status has been renewed and expanded to include its water infrastructure.

In a relief to India's energy major Adani, an Australian court on Friday dismissed a Queensland Indigenous group's application challenging the mining leases granted to its controversial 21 billion dollar Carmichael coal mine project, one of the world's largest.

Australia on Wednesday said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group's Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland. Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said that all its environmental approvals have been granted to the company a couple of months ago.