Indian mining giant has cited ‘critical’ need to finalise ‘approvals and timelines’ as its reason for halting engineering work – but mining minister’s office says ‘all state regulatory processes ha
The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has been accused of ignoring his department’s advice on two vulnerable species when approving what would be Australia’s largest coal project, Queensland
The case against building Australia’s largest coal mine has focused on the threats of runaway climate change and ruin of the Great Barrier Reef. But finances may yet prove the key.
One of the UK’s largest banks, Standard Chartered, has lent $680m (£448m) to a company building one of the biggest coal mines in the world, according to legal testimony that casts doubt over the ba
In the first day of a legal bid to stop Adani’s $16.5bn Carmichael coalmine, court told the Queensland government is investigating whether material was removed without permission
An Aboriginal group in central Queensland is attempting to prevent Australia’s largest mine from being established on its ancestral land, in what is shaping up to be an unprecedented test of the co