Clive Palmer’s $6.4 billion coal and rail project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin has been approved by the federal government.
Waratah Coal’s ‘China First’ project will include the construction of a coal mine and infrastructure project located near Alpha in Queensland’s central west.
The mine will be linked to the Abbot Point coal terminal near Bowen by a new 453km heavy haul railway line.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt approved the project with 49 conditions including the contribution of $100,000 a year for 10 years for a ''strategic fund'' to help threatened species and the development of 10,000 hectares of protected land as an offset.
Waratah Coal’s ‘China First’ project will include the construction of a coal mine and infrastructure project located near Alpha in Queensland’s central west.
The mine will be linked to the Abbot Point coal terminal near Bowen by a new 453km heavy haul railway line.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt approved the project with 49 conditions including the contribution of $100,000 a year for 10 years for a ''strategic fund'' to help threatened species and the development of 10,000 hectares of protected land as an offset.
Source miningaustralia.com.au
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