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Carmichael mine approval faces new court challenge

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Publish time: 28th April, 2016      Source: www.cnchemicals.com
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A green group has asked the Supreme Court of Queensland to review the environmental approval shortly after the Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd got its approval for Carmichael coal project to mine and ship an estimated 11 million tonnes of coal reserves, building roads, power lines and pipelines in the Australian state, Reuters reported.Adani has battled opposition from green groups since starting work on the coal project six years ago. Environmentalists continue to fight it on numerous fronts and are lobbying banks not to provide loans.In the latest challenge to the $10-billion Carmichael project, conservation group Coast and Country said Queensland had failed to consider "ecologically sustainable development", an overall environmental safety net, as required."The department cannot just ignore those laws that will allow the big end of town to develop a huge, polluting coal mine that will create catastrophic environmental harm both now and into the future," Derec Davies, with Coast and Country, said in a statement.He pointed to alarming levels of coral bleaching already threatening the Great Barrier Reef as an example of the kind of damage that pollution from burning coal could wreak if the Carmichael mine goes ahead.With coal prices stuck near nine-year lows and demand growth uncertain as governments have committed to curb carbon emissions, analysts have said lenders will be reluctant to back Adani's mega project.However Adani, which aims to start building the Carmichael mine in 2017, expects to be able to go ahead eventually as most of the coal is slated to go to its own power stations in India."Notwithstanding this challenge, Adani stands ready to deliver on its plans to build a long term future with Queensland," an Adani spokesman said.