The Queensland Coordinator-General has released supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for a major coal project, taking it one step closer to its planned commencement in 2014.
A Chinese coal producer has been given terms of reference for an EIS on its proposed $3 billion mine in Queensland that would be Australia's biggest black coal operation.
QGC Pty Limited, operator of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project, has awarded earthmoving contracts totalling more than A$279 million to five Surat Basin businesses, creating up to 200 new jobs.