Adani's Australian mine plans face further delay on environmental concerns

Queensland is waiting on scientific reviews of Adani's plans to protect the endangered black-throated finch and to manage groundwater levels at the nearby Doongmabulla Springs

Gautam Adani’s long quest to build a coal mine in the Australian outback faces another setback, with the Queensland state government refusing to sign off on the company’s plans before further studies into the project’s environmental impact are complete.

“Two plans are yet to be approved before any significant disturbance can commence at the Carmichael coal mine,” Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science said in a media release on Friday.

The Adani Group said last month it would self-finance the controversial mine, which analysts see as a potential bridge-head for more projects to follow in the remote Galilee Basin. The region has