ENVIRONMENT

Rocky Hill decision could mean rocky road for coal mine proposals

THE NEW South Wales Land court’s decision to reject the Rocky Hill coking coal proposal in Gloucester is further evidence global climate concerns are an increasingly salient obstacle to coal mine developments in Australia and will only further embolden activists.

Rocky Hill decision could mean rocky road for coal mine proposals

Verisk Maplecroft APAC analyst Joseph Parkes said activists would be invigorated by the confirmation of another way of derailing coal developments.   "The Minerals Council of Australia has played down...

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