Adani plans to start construction of Aussie mine project in 2017

“The company is moving ahead, having already invested more than 3.3 billion dollar to date, and still proposes to start the construction stage in the third quarter of 2017,” the company’s spokesperson said, but added that the uncertainty continued in relation to the Queensland Government’s proposed water legislation. 

“Adani has already complied with existing legislation,” he said. “There is also the outstanding legal challenges to decisions and approvals already granted by both the Commonwealth and State governments,” he added. Adani’s efforts to build one of the world’s largest coal mine projects in Australia’s Queensland state has been hampered time and again since its launch six years ago. 

A federal court in August last year had revoked the original approval due to environmental concerns. In October last year, the project got a new lease of life after the Australian government gave its re-approval. Earlier this month, the Queensland Government announced invoking special powers to help progress the Adani’s project by giving it special ‘prescribed project status’.