New Delhi: Adani Mining has come a step closer to the development of A$2.2 billion ($1.94 billion) coal mining project in Australia after the federal government approved construction of a rail haulage line.
After gaining clearance from the state of Queensland, the Australian unit of Adani Enterprises needed the approval of Environment Minister Greg Hunt to proceed with the 300-km (186-mile) line.
Known as the North Galilee Basin Rail project, it is being designed to connect collieries owned by Adani and potentially other developers in the largely unpopulated Galilee Basin to the east coast port of Abbot Point.
