Galilee (China First) - Queensland's Galilee Basin

The Galilee Coal Project, otherwise known as the China First Coal Project, is a proposal for a 40 mega-tonne per annum thermal coal mine and 453km rail transportation network to the port of Abbot Point, where the coal would be exported through the Great Barrier Reef 1.. The project proponent is Waratah Coal, a company owned by billionaire Federal MP Clive Palmer.

China Stone Coal Project, Galilee Basin, Queensland, Australia

Project China Stone (the project) involves the construction and operation of a large-scale greenfield coal mine in Central Queensland. The project site is located approximately 270 km south of Townsville and 300 km west of Mackay at the northern end of the Galilee Basin (Figure 1). The project is anticipated to have a peak production rate in ...

2.1.6.4 China Stone Coal Project | Bioregional Assessments

The information below is taken from the draft EIS for the China Stone Coal Project (Hansen Bailey Environmental Consultants and MacMines, 2015). There are six …

Carmichael Coal and Rail Project

two other northern Galilee Basin coal projects in the vicinity of the Carmichael project – the Hyde Park and China Stone developments. Resolve Coal, owner of the Hyde Park coal mining project in the Galilee Basin has signed an agreement with Adani for 10Mtpa of Hyde Park coal to be transported on the Adani Group's rail link.

Submission on draft terms of reference for the proposed ...

The China Stone project will cause a small increase on the amount of coal used in the world. The greenhouse gasses associated with this marginal increase in consumption of coal should be considered in cost benefit analysis and the wider EIS. Note that this is different to the calls by many environment groups for coal projects to be

Ban on overseas coal projects could enhance China's ...

Ban on overseas coal projects could enhance China's standing at COP26 climate summit Beijing unlikely to bring forward its 2060 carbon neutrality goal but an end to support for foreign coal ...

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Project China Stone involves the development of a large-scale greenfield coal mine. The project site is located approximately 270 km south of Townsville and 300 …

China Stone Coal Project's environmental impact …

China Stone Coal Project's environmental impact statement documents. Addendum to the Additional information to the EIS. Addendum (5.8 ) Response on power station (231 KB) Additional information to the EIS Volume 6. Full Volume 6 - Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (42 )

MacMines gains environmental approval for $6.7bn QLD coal ...

MacMines Austasia has received the environmental nod from the Queensland Government for its greenfield China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin. The proposed $6.7 billion mine is expected to ...

China Stone Coal project draft environmental impact ...

Overview Queensland's Coordinator-General invites you to have your say on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the China Stone Coal project. Prepared by MacMines Austasia Pty Ltd (MacMines), the draft EIS describes the project and its potential environmental impacts, both positive and negative. The draft EIS was prepared in accordance with terms of reference …

Power crunch: China has little choice but increase coal ...

China, the world's top carbon emitter, is heavily reliant on coal for power generation. In January to August this year, coal accounted for 62% of the country's total power generation ...

Project China Stone, 775 mining jobs in Queensland

The China Stone Coal Project is located toward the northern end of the Galilee Basin, about 270km south of Townsville and 300km west of Mackay. The China Stone project proponent is Macmines Austasia (MacMines), an Australian subsidiary of the Meijin Energy Group, owned by …

China pledge to stop funding coal projects 'buys time for ...

China was lender of last resort for overseas governments seeking finance for coal projects Last modified on Wed 22 Sep 2021 18.13 EDT Xi Jinping's announcement that China …

China Stone thermal coal mine gets coordinator-general ...

The China Stone Coal project is the sixth Galilee Basin coal project his office has assessed. If the China Stone mine gains all approvals, it will …

Black Coal | Geoscience Australia

The China Stone Coal Project situated 300 km west of Mackay in the Galilee Basin, and owned by MacMines Austasia Pty Ltd, is still undergoing environmental approvals. The project is a large open-cut and underground thermal coal mine of 260 Mt Indicated and 3200 Mt Inferred Resources, and could provide up to 3400 jobs in operation.

MacMines' China Stone thermal coal project in Australia ...

Coal production from the China Stone project could begin three years after the start of construction, according to the Coordinator General's report. "I conclude that there are significant local, regional and state benefits to be derived from the China Stone coal project, and that environmental impacts can be acceptably managed, minimized or ...

Bank of China to stop financing new coal mining, power ...

BEIJING, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Bank of China Ltd (601988.SS) on Friday said it would no longer provide financing for new coal mining and coal power projects outside China, as …

China Stone Coal Mine Rolls Forward and Back on Australian ...

China Stone is an ambitious project made up of a mine with an annual production capacity of 38 million tons of thermal coal and a proposed 1,050 MW coal-fired power plant. Photo: Bloomberg Australia's massively well-managed anti-coal lobby need not get too agitated yet by formal approval offered for the potentially massive China Stone coal ...

'Game-changer': China to stop funding overseas coal projects

China will stop funding overseas coal projects in a big boost for climate talks, but remains heavily reliant on coal at home [File: Olivia Zhang/AP …

China Pledges to Stop Building Coal Plants Abroad ...

The largest portion of it, more than $34.4 billion, is in Asia, according to the tracker. Indonesia is China's largest coal mining partner, with 21 projects and about $9.3 billion in investments ...

China Stone Coal Project's environmental impact statement ...

China Stone Coal Project's environmental impact statement documents. Addendum to the Additional information to the EIS. Addendum (5.8 ) Response on power station (231 KB) Additional information to the EIS Volume 6. Full Volume 6 - Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (42 )

China Stone - Queensland's Galilee Basin

The China Stone Coal Project is located toward the northern end of the Galilee Basin, about 270km south of Townsville and 300km west of Mackay.. The China Stone project proponent is Macmines Austasia (MacMines), an Australian subsidiary of the Meijin Energy Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Yao Junliang.. The project is estimated by the proponent to cost $6 billion 1 and was …

MacMines puts Galilee Basin coal project on hold ...

MacMines Austasia has decided it will not move forward with developing the China Stone thermal coal project in the Galilee Basin in Queensland at …

Advice to decision maker on coal mining project IESC 2015 ...

The China Stone Coal Project is a new open cut and underground coal mine, located in Central Queensland, approximately 270 km southwest of Townsville and 300 km west of Mackay, in the northern Galilee Basin. The project will target the A, B, C and D coal seams of the Permian Betts Creek Beds.

'Big line in the sand': China promises no new coal-fired ...

China to stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad, says Xi Jinping – video Vincent Ni, China affairs correspondent, and Helen Sullivan Tue 21 Sep 2021 21.59 EDT

Have your say on the China Stone Coal Project ...

"The China Stone Coal project involves the construction and operation of a greenfield open-pit and underground thermal coal mine within a 20,000 hectare mining lease area. "The project could realise significant economic and social benefits on a regional, state and national scale with the capacity to produce up to 38 million tonnes per annum ...

Galilee Coal Project (Northern Export Facility) / China ...

The Galilee basin covers an area of approximately 247,000km² and is expected to hold resources of 8.679 billion tonnes. The China First Coal Project is one of six coal mining proposals in the basin; the other five projects are the Alpha Coal Project, Kevin's Corner Coal Project, South Galilee, Carmichael and China Stone projects.

China Stone Coal Project initial advice statement ...

Project China Stone (the project) involves the construction and operation of a large-scale greenfield coal mine in Central Queensland. The project site is located approximately 270 km south of Townsville and 300 km west of Mackay at the northern end of the Galilee Basin (Figure 1). The project is anticipated to have a peak production rate in ...

Carmichael Coal Project - Global Energy Monitor

The Carmichael Coal Project (also known as the Adani mine), is a proposed coal mine, set for operation by Adani Mining, a subsidiary of the Adani Group, located 160 kilometres to the north-west of Clermont in the Galilee Basin of Central Queensland, Australia.. The Carmichael mine is the largest proposed project in the Galilee Basin, where eleven other mines are under consideration.

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The China Stone Coal Project is a new open cut and underground coal mine, located in Central Queensland, approximately 270 km southwest of Townsville and 300 km west of Mackay, in the northern Galilee Basin. The project will target the A, B, C and D coal seams of the Permian Betts Creek Beds.