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Fee Paid to Expedite Coal Mining Project
A LOBBYING firm whose directors include former deputy premier Jim Elder has been paid a $500,000 “success fee” for helping to secure State Government support for Australia’s biggest coal project.
Waratah Coal last month succeeded in having its $5.3 billion proposal for the Galilee Basin in central Queensland declared by Premier Anna Bligh a “significant project” [...]
New Coal Mine Exploration Province To Develop by Waratah Coal Mining Exploration Company
The Queensland Government has lent its support to a hugely ambitious $5.3 billion proposal to develop a new coal province around Alpha, in the centre of the state, and a 495km railway to link it to a new deep water port on the coast.
The proposal, by Brisbane-based Waratah Coal - which is Toronto-listed and about [...]
Canadian Mining Company Plans to Invest A$5.3 billion in Australian
Waratah Coal Inc., the Canadian company proposing Australia’s largest coal mine, may seek partners to help develop its A$5.3 billion ($5.2 billion) mining, port and rail project and gain from rising prices.
The mine may start shipping fuel from a harbor, the first new coal-export port in Australia for 25 years, by 2012, the Queensland state [...]
