Waratah Coal’s proposed $8 billion, Galilee Coal Project mine and infrastructure development in Central Queensland has been boosted by the federal government renewing its Major Project Facilitation (MPF) status.
Brisbane-based Waratah Coal, owned by Professor Clive Palmer, plans to build a thermal coal mine in the new Galilee Basin coal region near Alpha, west of Emerald, as part of its “Galilee Coal” project.
The mine would be linked to a new coal terminal at Abbot Point near Bowen by a new 453km standard gauge, heavy haul railway line. Read more