The Australian federal government has cancelled applications for two proposed coal mine projects in Queensland after the developers failed to provide the necessary environmental credentials and outline any impacts the projects will have on the environment.
The China Stone Coal Mine project and The Range Coal project were cancelled on May 5 by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
The two coal mine projects were both set to be located in central Queensland.
The China Stone Coal mine was proposed by MacMines Austasia, a subsidiary of the Shanxi Meijin Energy Group in China, to construct and operate a coal mine in regional Belyando, Central Queensland at the northern end of the Galilee Basin….