Australian mining magnate applies for big new coal mine

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has renewed a push to develop a new coal mine in Queensland state, close to a controversial mine under construction by India’s Adani Enterprises.

Palmer’s Waratah Coal applied to Australia’s Department of Natural Resources on October 4 for a 35-year mining lease in the Galilee Basin, a new coal region that won the green light this year for development.