It has been a week of big news for coal projects in Australia with another long-gestating mine, Wallarah 2 in New South Wales, gaining a mining lease only days after construction of the much-delayed and -debated Carmichael mine, in Queensland, got under way.
The New South Wales Minerals Council on Friday welcomed the granting of the mining lease for Wallarah 2, which is 82.2%-owned and -managed by coal miner Kores Australia.