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Glencore secures leases for Wandoan coal project, environmentalists react

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 09, 2017 | 9:00 am Energy Australia Europe Coal 

Glencore (LON:GLEN) announced that it has secured the first mining leases for its $7 billion Wandoan coal project in Australia’s Surat Basin, after applying for them 10 years ago. On Tuesday, Queensland’s natural resources and mines minister, Anthony Lynham, approved...

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