Waratah’s plan for new big export coal mine stumble
Waratah Coal planned to build a new 25 Mt/y mine on its Galilee Basin tenements, which have an Inferred thermal coal resource of more than 4,300 Mt. However, Australia’s Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has rejected the plans for the mine, railway and port in central Queensland. He refused the plans under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, but suggested that an alternative proposal could still be submitted. (more…)
