Documents suggest Adani retained long-term plan to build Australia's biggest mine

Exclusive: Later development plan' for Carmichael mine says Adani's long-term goal is to ramp up production to 55m tonnes per year

Documents released by the Queensland government suggest Adani never scrapped its plans to eventually build one of the world's largest coalmines in central Queensland, despite the company's public statements the Carmichael project had been drastically scaled back.

Guardian Australia has obtained the current version of the later development plan" for the Carmichael mine - a document required to be filed with Queensland mining authorities under state law - which clearly says that Adani's long-term plan is to ramp up production to 55m tonnes per year.