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Xstrata's huge thermal coal project being challenged in Australian court over impacts to Great Barrier Reef

Andrew Topf | August 22, 2011 | 7:00 pm Energy Australia Europe Coal 

Lawyers for Swiss mining giant Xstrata are in court today defending a massive coal project slated for Queensland. The AU$6 billion Wandoan coal mine has come under fire by environmentalists for its potential negative effects on the Great Barrier Reef....

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