Australia approves key port expansion plan, Adani to benefit

December 22, 2015 17:01

Australia today approved a controversial coal port expansion plan to support projects, like Indian mining giant Adani's 6.5 billion dollar Carmichael mine, despite warnings from environmentalists that it will damage the fragile Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system. The Abbot Point port involves dredging 1.1 million cubic metres of spoil near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which will then be disposed off on land rather than at sea.

The approval lists a number of strict conditions that the project must fulfil before going ahead, including how and where the sediment can be moved. The decision comes two months after the government approved Adani's plan to build one of the world's biggest mines.

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