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Vale, Aquila get nod for Australia Eagle Downs mine

WA Today | August 19, 2011 | 1:48 am Energy Australia Europe Coal

AAP Brazilian mining giant Vale and Aquila Resources have received a nod from the Queensland government for the Eagle Downs coal project in the Bowen Basin, granting a mining lease. Vale said in a statement on Friday that funding for the development of