Global engineering firm Aurecon cuts ties with Adani amid pressure from activists

Investor action group says Carmichael coalmine project makes Indian giant 'brand kryptonite'

The global engineering and consultancy firm Aurecon has severed a longstanding business relationship with the Adani Group, amid ongoing efforts by anti-coal activists to target firms working for the Indian conglomerate's Australian mining arm.

Adani Australia released a statement on Wednesday saying it was "surprised" by the decision but that the "concerted campaign" against the Carmichael project by environmental groups had not succeeded, and that construction of the central Queensland thermal coalmine was under way.