Who is Adani Mining Australia?? Adani Group employs over 10,000 people globally across resources, logistics, energy and agricultural businesses with revenue of more than $9 billion. Adani is proud to be leading this significant investment and infrastructure project in Australia that will not only provide an impetus for more projects and extending Australia’s flagging mining boom, it will generate over 10,000 Australian jobs. This significant investment and vote of confidence in Queensland and Australia as a reliable investment destination will underpin Australia’s higher quality coal exports to the Asian market.. That market needs coal to support their massive electrification projects that will lift 100 million people out of poverty. That’s good for Australian jobs, good for the Queensland and Australian economies and by ensuring better quality coal from a well regulated exporting nation is good for the world environment also. When will the Carmichael coal project be completed? Construction is expected to commence in 2015 with coal production expected to start flowing in 2017. Jobs are already in place at the existing port operations that are already supporting existing port users. How will Queenslanders benefit from Carmichael coal project? The Carmichael coal project’s mine, rail and port infrastructure will drive new jobs and opportunities for both the local community and nationally. During construction an extra 8000 direct and indirect jobs will be created by these projects either directly or in the broader community. This will grow to over 10,000 direct and indirect jobs once the mine, railway and port terminals are up and fully operating. Overwhelmingly these will be jobs for Australians. Over and above the direct economic injection, Queenslanders will directly benefit from over $22 billion in taxes and royalties generated by the mine that will be available to improve roads, schools and hospitals areas as well as fund other frontline services across the state. It is anticipated that the North Galilee Basin Rail Project will have capacity for up to 100 million tonnes, including providing infrastructure and capacity for third party users each year. At Abbot Point port, which has been operating safely for 30 years there is currently spare capacity of approximately 20 million tonnes at the existing terminal and the proposed expansion will add a further 70 million tonnes a year. What and where is Abbot Point Port? The Abbot Point Port is located 25km north of Bowen in Queensland and has been in continuous and safe operation for more than 30 years. It is owned by North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP), a government owned corporation, and has a current capacity of 50 million tonnes each year. The current Abbot Point Terminal 1 (T1) is operated by a Glencore subsidiary exporting coal sourced from Glencore Xstrata’s Newlands and Collinsville mines, QCoal’s Sonoma mine and also a number of Goonyella customers. The current facilities have an excellent environmental track record. After more than 30 years of operations there have been no serious environmental incidents. What happens if the project doesn’t proceed? Adani Australia is commited to a long term future with Queensland. While there is a small number of people hoping the project doesnt go ahead; if the project doesn’t go ahead Asian buyers will source their coal requirements from other suppliers in order to support their significant electrification plans that in turn will see 100 million people lifted out of poverty. This means jobs, royalties, taxes and other benefits will go overseas while the massive Galilee Basin coal resources will remain undeveloped. By proceeding in Queensland, where there are world class environmental regulations in place, our customers will not purchase this much needed energy supply from countries likely to be providing lower quality coal or with fewer protections for the environment. That would be bad for Australian jobs and worse for the world environment. Who supports this project? Not only is Australia’s job creating mining industry well supported across the community – this is because it drives investment and creates much needed jobs – the Carmichael mine, rail and port infrastructure projects have strong local backing. How will ship access to Abbot Point Port be improved and maintained? Maintaining access to the port for ships is the responsibility of the Government owned North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP). To ensure safe marine operations, since 2002, 22 dredging campaigns have been undertaken at NQBP ports without incident and with no significant or long term environmental impacts from the dredging,. No impacts on fishery values were reported. Impacts to water quality are short-term and localised. These activities are undertaken following stringent conditions of environmental approvals and under strict supervision and reporting requirements. Such operations in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are overseen by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. These ongoing operations will always be governed by the best science, with stringent conditions and subject to the approval and oversight of the environment department and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, to ensure the 30 year history of successful maintenance operations continues in the future. Disposal sites are never on coral reefs. They are purposely located well away from corals and sea grasses due to the high environmental value of these organisms and disposed in areas that are of similar of material that is dredged. Importantly, the proposed port plans are smaller than more significant expansion proposed previously and any proposed dredging is more limited than routinely occurs safely in a range of other ports around Australia. While these operations are conducted by NQBP, Adani is committed to ensuring all operations now and in the future comply with Australia’s stringent conditions and controls and will be based on the best science available. Dont some activists claim increased shipping will increase ship grounding risk? Supporting shipping in the GBR is the world’s most advanced maritime safety arrangements. Due to continual improvement, shipping within the GBR is safer now than it has ever been and safer than many of the major shipping routes elsewhere in the world. Key measures to manage shipping risks include: Use of 4 main designated commercial shipping channels that avoid sensitive and high risk areas. The vessels would use the existing route from the existing Abbot Point, via the Inner Channel and Palm Passage which is approximately 15km wide. (Ten timeswider than the Singapore waterways channel width and handling thousands of shipping movements daily). Vessel Tracking System (VTS) 24/7 that tracks all large vessels movements in the GBR (akin to air traffic control style management). This enables quick detection and response should a vessel stray outside the designated areas for shipping. Australian port and reef pilots manage the ships in all ports and designated narrow channels There exists comprehensive vessel vetting to improve standards of vessels in operation. Shipping incidents in the Great Barrier Reef since the introduction of VTS has ensured that no accident has been reported in the last ten years. adaniaustralia.au/faq.php vimeo/103486567
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:34:59 +0000
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